VSAT vs. HLIT, GILT, CMBM, CMTL, S, UI, RPD, SEMR, APPN, and AVDX
Should you be buying Viasat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viasat include Harmonic (HLIT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), SentinelOne (S), Ubiquiti (UI), Rapid7 (RPD), Semrush (SEMR), Appian (APPN), and AvidXchange (AVDX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Viasat has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harmonic has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Harmonic has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Viasat's net margin of -24.95%. Harmonic's return on equity of 1.35% beat Viasat's return on equity.
In the previous week, Viasat had 23 more articles in the media than Harmonic. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Viasat and 7 mentions for Harmonic. Harmonic's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Viasat's score of 0.29 indicating that Harmonic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Harmonic shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Harmonic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viasat received 103 more outperform votes than Harmonic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote.
Harmonic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viasat. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viasat currently has a consensus price target of $28.20, indicating a potential upside of 79.73%. Harmonic has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential upside of 43.09%. Given Viasat's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than Harmonic.
Summary
Harmonic beats Viasat on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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