WSTL vs. CLRO, SONM, MINM, FKWL, DZSI, AKTS, WHLM, UTSI, OCC, and CLPS
Should you be buying Westell Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westell Technologies include ClearOne (CLRO), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Minim (MINM), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), DZS (DZSI), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Wilhelmina International (WHLM), UTStarcom (UTSI), Optical Cable (OCC), and CLPS Incorporation (CLPS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are held by institutional investors. 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ClearOne has a net margin of -2.99% compared to Westell Technologies' net margin of -30.99%. ClearOne's return on equity of -10.61% beat Westell Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, ClearOne had 4 more articles in the media than Westell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ClearOne and 0 mentions for Westell Technologies. ClearOne's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Westell Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that ClearOne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ClearOne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westell Technologies.
Westell Technologies received 9 more outperform votes than ClearOne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.70% of users gave Westell Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote.
Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westell Technologies and ClearOne tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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