MKFG vs. RDCM, LTRX, SILC, QMCO, ALOT, INVE, OSS, LINK, ZEPP, and TACT
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include RADCOM (RDCM), Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Quantum (QMCO), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), One Stop Systems (OSS), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Zepp Health (ZEPP), and TransAct Technologies (TACT). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Markforged vs.
Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
RADCOM has a net margin of 11.42% compared to Markforged's net margin of -101.18%. RADCOM's return on equity of 8.18% beat Markforged's return on equity.
87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of RADCOM shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of RADCOM shares are held 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.
Markforged has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RADCOM has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RADCOM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Markforged. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RADCOM had 11 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for RADCOM and 1 mentions for Markforged. Markforged's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat RADCOM's score of 1.05 indicating that Markforged is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RADCOM received 331 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.08% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote while only 35.48% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Markforged presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.62%. RADCOM has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.90%. Given Markforged's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Markforged is more favorable than RADCOM.
Summary
RADCOM beats Markforged on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MKFG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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