SMRT vs. RBBN, OSPN, SLP, MDRX, DMRC, UIS, ASUR, TLS, CSPI, and ARBE
Should you be buying SmartRent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartRent include Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Simulations Plus (SLP), Veradigm (MDRX), Digimarc (DMRC), Unisys (UIS), Asure Software (ASUR), Telos (TLS), CSP (CSPI), and Arbe Robotics (ARBE). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
SmartRent vs.
Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) and SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Ribbon Communications has a net margin of -6.50% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -12.77%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 7.36% beat SmartRent's return on equity.
70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of SmartRent shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of SmartRent 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.
Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartRent has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ribbon Communications received 499 more outperform votes than SmartRent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 44.12% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.
Ribbon Communications currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.85%. SmartRent has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 108.70%. Given SmartRent's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SmartRent is more favorable than Ribbon Communications.
SmartRent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartRent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SmartRent had 2 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SmartRent and 3 mentions for Ribbon Communications. SmartRent's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ribbon Communications' score of 0.39 indicating that SmartRent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ribbon Communications and SmartRent tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMRT) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
