PL vs. AVNW, GILT, COMM, CRNT, HLIT, OUST, KE, RBBN, PERI, and SCWX
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Harmonic (HLIT), Ouster (OUST), Kimball Electronics (KE), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Perion Network (PERI), and SecureWorks (SCWX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aviat Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -63.67%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 14.54% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks received 240 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 4 more articles in the media than Planet Labs PBC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Aviat Networks and 3 mentions for Planet Labs PBC. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Planet Labs PBC's score of 0.05 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Labs PBC currently has a consensus target price of $4.68, indicating a potential upside of 154.92%. Aviat Networks has a consensus target price of $53.75, indicating a potential upside of 74.34%. Given Planet Labs PBC's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Aviat Networks.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats Planet Labs PBC on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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