RF Industries (RFIL) vs. Its Rivals Head to Head Comparison

RF Industries (NASDAQ:RFIL) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare RF Industries to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for RF Industries and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RF Industries	0	2	2	0	2.50
RF Industries Competitors	2055	7629	10461	667	2.47

RF Industries presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 94.94%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 33.02%. Given RF Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe RF Industries is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares RF Industries and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
RF Industries	$80.59 million	$80,000.00	33.81
RF Industries Competitors	$4.16 billion	$172.92 million	4.85

RF Industries’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than RF Industries. RF Industries is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares RF Industries and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RF Industries	2.83%	15.32%	7.80%
RF Industries Competitors	-141.16%	-27.05%	-7.22%

Risk and Volatility

RF Industries has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RF Industries’ rivals have a beta of -0.30, meaning that their average share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

23.5% of RF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of RF Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

RF Industries beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

RF Industries Company Profile

RF Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: RFIL) designs, manufactures and markets connectivity products used in wireless communications, telecommunications and related electronic infrastructure applications. Its offerings support the installation, connection and distribution of radio-frequency signals across cellular, broadband, public-safety and other communications networks. The company’s products include RF connectors and adapters, coaxial cable assemblies, RF components, power-distribution equipment, cell-site accessories, enclosures and other network-infrastructure products.