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Westell Technologies (WSTL) Competitors

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WSTL vs. KVHI, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, and CIEN

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

Westell Technologies vs.

Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) and KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) 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 media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

KVH Industries has a net margin of -15.99% compared to Westell Technologies' net margin of -30.99%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -3.96% beat Westell Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westell Technologies-30.99% -18.79% -15.09%
KVH Industries -15.99%-3.96%-3.38%

Westell Technologies received 11 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Westell Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Westell TechnologiesOutperform Votes
269
61.70%
Underperform Votes
167
38.30%
KVH IndustriesOutperform Votes
258
64.50%
Underperform Votes
142
35.50%

Westell Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KVH Industries.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westell Technologies$29.96M1.07-$10.10MN/AN/A
KVH Industries$113.83M0.88-$15.42M-$0.56-9.07

10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Westell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled KVH Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Westell Technologies Neutral
KVH Industries Neutral

Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Westell Technologies and KVH Industries tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSTL vs. The Competition

MetricWestell TechnologiesTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.95M$1.17B$22.67B$7.71B
Dividend YieldN/A4.02%3.01%4.33%
P/E Ratio-3.6118.1741.4718.31
Price / Sales1.071.102,222.80107.09
Price / CashN/A23.2634.6934.62
Price / Book1.003.216.024.25
Net Income-$10.10M$4.68M$735.88M$247.51M

Westell Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSTL
Westell Technologies
N/A$2.02
-3.8%
N/A+48.9%$31.95M$29.96M-3.61101Upcoming Earnings
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.5915 of 5 stars
$4.85
+0.6%
N/A+4.1%$95.86M$113.83M-5.00650
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
2.9344 of 5 stars
$1.37
+1.5%
$6.38
+365.3%
-14.6%$40.21M$496.64M-0.141,990News Coverage
AWRE
Aware
0.875 of 5 stars
$1.53
+2.3%
N/A-3.5%$32.34M$17.39M-4.2480Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7977 of 5 stars
$57.41
+0.1%
$65.74
+14.5%
+15.1%$228.39B$54.18B25.0790,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9836 of 5 stars
$139.19
0.0%
$201.21
+44.6%
-12.9%$153.94B$40.70B14.8751,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.747 of 5 stars
$169.98
+1.0%
$204.52
+20.3%
+14.7%$112.54B$8.57B95.7612,600Positive News
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.4119 of 5 stars
$426.43
+1.0%
$505.88
+18.6%
+22.8%$71.20B$10.82B46.2520,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.987 of 5 stars
$262.69
+0.4%
$285.78
+8.8%
+45.6%$15.14B$2.89B26.117,090Upcoming Earnings
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.0655 of 5 stars
$34.79
-0.4%
$39.80
+14.4%
-1.6%$11.59B$5.07B40.4510,900Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.5752 of 5 stars
$58.44
-0.6%
$79.62
+36.2%
+39.9%$8.31B$4.05B102.538,080Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WSTL) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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