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Westell Technologies (WSTL) Competitors

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WSTL vs. AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, and IDCC

Should you be buying Westell Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westell Technologies include Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Westell Technologies vs.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) and Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Aware has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westell Technologies.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aware$18.24M1.84-$7.31M-$0.36-4.39
Westell Technologies$29.96M0.84-$10.10MN/AN/A

Westell Technologies has a net margin of -30.99% compared to Aware's net margin of -44.06%. Aware's return on equity of -14.46% beat Westell Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aware-44.06% -14.46% -10.72%
Westell Technologies -30.99%-18.79%-15.09%

24.4% of Aware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Aware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Westell Technologies received 146 more outperform votes than Aware when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Aware an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Westell Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AwareOutperform Votes
123
67.58%
Underperform Votes
59
32.42%
Westell TechnologiesOutperform Votes
269
61.70%
Underperform Votes
167
38.30%

In the previous week, Aware had 5 more articles in the media than Westell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aware and 0 mentions for Westell Technologies. Aware's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Westell Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Aware is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aware Positive
Westell Technologies Neutral

Aware has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aware beats Westell Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSTL vs. The Competition

MetricWestell TechnologiesTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.15M$1.24B$23.97B$8.97B
Dividend YieldN/A3.87%2.66%4.04%
P/E Ratio-2.8413.63220.6013.39
Price / Sales0.841.082,916.2286.49
Price / CashN/A19.4334.2335.09
Price / Book0.792.467.854.96
Net Income-$10.10M-$12.48M$649.85M$224.10M

Westell Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSTL
Westell Technologies
N/A$1.59
flat
N/AN/A$25.15M$29.96M-2.84101
AWRE
Aware
1.5762 of 5 stars
$1.61
+0.5%
N/A-3.1%$34.10M$18.24M-4.4480
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.6435 of 5 stars
$59.21
-0.1%
$59.94
+1.2%
+22.6%$235.82B$52.98B25.4190,400Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9986 of 5 stars
$158.53
+1.4%
$210.15
+32.6%
+25.7%$176.13B$38.96B17.6349,000Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.3587 of 5 stars
$387.82
+0.9%
$402.03
+3.7%
+31.7%$127.24B$8.03B50.5015,289
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.5464 of 5 stars
$498.24
-0.3%
$506.29
+1.6%
+52.6%$83.27B$9.98B54.7321,000Positive News
FFIV
F5
4.6314 of 5 stars
$250.35
+0.1%
$233.56
-6.7%
+46.1%$14.68B$2.82B26.196,557Short Interest ↓
Positive News
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.7449 of 5 stars
$35.75
+0.1%
$39.50
+10.5%
+24.7%$11.84B$5.56B47.283,374Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.6337 of 5 stars
$69.92
+0.3%
$63.08
-9.8%
+48.7%$10.10B$4.02B74.178,483
SATS
EchoStar
0.9191 of 5 stars
$25.25
-0.2%
$19.25
-23.8%
+123.8%$6.86B$17.02B-2.7615,300Positive News
IDCC
InterDigital
2.8984 of 5 stars
$196.49
+0.3%
$120.00
-38.9%
+94.6%$4.98B$549.59M20.94420Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WSTL) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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