COMM vs. PL, AVNW, GILT, CRNT, BKSY, KVHI, SATL, VUZI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), KVH Industries (KVHI), Satellogic (SATL), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Planet Labs PBC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CommScope has a net margin of -30.88% compared to CommScope's net margin of -59.26%. Planet Labs PBC's return on equity of -1.75% beat CommScope's return on equity.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of CommScope shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Planet Labs PBC presently has a consensus target price of $4.39, suggesting a potential upside of 112.47%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $4.02, suggesting a potential upside of 166.23%. Given Planet Labs PBC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CommScope is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.
CommScope received 545 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 12 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 2 mentions for CommScope. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat CommScope's score of -0.21 indicating that CommScope is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CommScope beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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