INSG vs. HEAR, ITI, REKR, SNT, KSCP, ALPP, VISL, AMPG, MTEK, and COMS
Should you be buying Inseego stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inseego include Turtle Beach (HEAR), Iteris (ITI), Rekor Systems (REKR), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Knightscope (KSCP), Alpine 4 (ALPP), Vislink Technologies (VISL), AmpliTech Group (AMPG), Maris-Tech (MTEK), and COMSovereign (COMS). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:HEAR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
34.2% of Inseego shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Inseego shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Turtle Beach 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.
In the previous week, Turtle Beach had 3 more articles in the media than Inseego. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Turtle Beach and 3 mentions for Inseego. Inseego's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Turtle Beach's score of 0.72 indicating that Inseego is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Turtle Beach has higher revenue and earnings than Inseego. Turtle Beach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inseego, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Inseego has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.21, meaning that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inseego presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Turtle Beach has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.74%. Given Turtle Beach's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Inseego.
Turtle Beach has a net margin of -4.12% compared to Inseego's net margin of -23.98%. Turtle Beach's return on equity of 2.22% beat Inseego's return on equity.
Turtle Beach received 114 more outperform votes than Inseego when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Turtle Beach an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Inseego an outperform vote.
Summary
Turtle Beach beats Inseego on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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