REKR vs. CAN, NVTS, VREX, CLFD, LASR, NNDM, SKYT, KE, AIP, and BKSY
Should you be buying Rekor Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rekor Systems include Canaan (CAN), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Varex Imaging (VREX), Clearfield (CLFD), nLIGHT (LASR), Nano Dimension (NNDM), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Kimball Electronics (KE), Arteris (AIP), and BlackSky Technology (BKSY). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Rekor Systems vs.
Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
70.1% of Canaan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canaan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canaan presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.52%. Given Canaan's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than Rekor Systems.
In the previous week, Canaan had 12 more articles in the media than Rekor Systems. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Canaan and 4 mentions for Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Canaan's score of 0.27 indicating that Rekor Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rekor Systems received 41 more outperform votes than Canaan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote.
Canaan has a beta of 3.27, indicating that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rekor Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canaan. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rekor Systems has a net margin of -119.54% compared to Canaan's net margin of -128.85%. Canaan's return on equity of -60.37% beat Rekor Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Canaan beats Rekor Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:REKR) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
