VUZI vs. PCTI, AVNW, GILT, COMM, CRNT, BKSY, SATL, KVHI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying Vuzix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vuzix include PCTEL (PCTI), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Satellogic (SATL), KVH Industries (KVHI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
PCTEL (NASDAQ:PCTI) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
45.4% of PCTEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of PCTEL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Vuzix shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Vuzix had 2 more articles in the media than PCTEL. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vuzix and 0 mentions for PCTEL. PCTEL's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Vuzix's score of 0.00 indicating that Vuzix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vuzix has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 123.88%. Given PCTEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vuzix is more favorable than PCTEL.
PCTEL has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PCTEL has a net margin of 4.91% compared to PCTEL's net margin of -502.48%. Vuzix's return on equity of 7.98% beat PCTEL's return on equity.
PCTEL has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. Vuzix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PCTEL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PCTEL received 114 more outperform votes than Vuzix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.93% of users gave PCTEL an outperform vote while only 68.81% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote.
Summary
PCTEL beats Vuzix on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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