ITI vs. PWFL, HEAR, REKR, INSG, SNT, KSCP, UTSI, ALPP, VISL, and AMPG
Should you be buying Iteris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iteris include PowerFleet (PWFL), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Rekor Systems (REKR), Inseego (INSG), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Knightscope (KSCP), UTStarcom (UTSI), Alpine 4 (ALPP), Vislink Technologies (VISL), and AmpliTech Group (AMPG). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PowerFleet (NASDAQ:PWFL) and Iteris (NASDAQ:ITI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
PowerFleet currently has a consensus price target of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 58.73%. Iteris has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 115.23%. Given PowerFleet's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iteris is more favorable than PowerFleet.
In the previous week, PowerFleet had 3 more articles in the media than Iteris. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PowerFleet and 2 mentions for Iteris. Iteris' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat PowerFleet's score of 0.94 indicating that PowerFleet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PowerFleet has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iteris has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PowerFleet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Iteris. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iteris has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Iteris' net margin of -3.86%. PowerFleet's return on equity of 3.76% beat Iteris' return on equity.
73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Iteris shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of PowerFleet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Iteris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Iteris received 229 more outperform votes than PowerFleet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Iteris an outperform vote while only 40.52% of users gave PowerFleet an outperform vote.
Summary
Iteris beats PowerFleet on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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