Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG – Get Free Report) and NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Inseego has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Inseego and NetScout Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Inseego | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.29 |
| NetScout Systems | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Inseego and NetScout Systems”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Inseego | $172.61 million | 0.39 | $840,000.00 | $0.13 | 31.50 |
| NetScout Systems | $859.48 million | 3.36 | $95.53 million | $1.64 | 24.25 |
NetScout Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Inseego. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inseego, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Inseego and NetScout Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Inseego | -6.41% | N/A | -8.89% |
| NetScout Systems | 13.71% | 9.25% | 6.59% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
34.2% of Inseego shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Inseego shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
NetScout Systems beats Inseego on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Inseego
Inseego Corp. engages in the design and development of cloud-managed wireless wide area network (WAN) and intelligent edge solutions for businesses, consumers, and governments worldwide. The company provides 5G and 4G mobile broadband solutions, such as mobile hotspots under the MiFi brand; and 4G VoLTE products and 4G USB modems. It also offers fixed wireless access solutions, including indoor, outdoor, and industrial routers and gateways. In addition, the company provides Inseego Connect solution for device management; and 5G SD EDGE solution for secure networking enabling corporate managed mobile remote workforce. Further, it offers SaaS solutions, including telematic and asset tracking solution that provides live maps and data to improve driver safety and performance; Inseego Subscribe, a wireless subscriber management solution for carrier’s management of their government and complex enterprise customer subscriptions. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in San Diego, California.
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. provides service assurance and cybersecurity solutions for protect digital business services against disruptions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers nGeniusONE management software that enables customers to predict, preempt, and resolve network and service delivery problems, as well as facilitate the optimization and capacity planning of their network infrastructures; and specialized platforms and analytic modules that enable its customers to analyze and troubleshoot traffic in radio access and Wi-Fi networks. It also provides nGeniusPULSE, an active testing tool that enables enterprises to identify infrastructure performance issues and determine application availability, reliability, and performance; and nGenius Business Analytics solution, which enables service providers to analyze their network traffic. In addition, the company offers ISNG, an advanced passive network probe; packet flow systems that deliver targeted network traffic access to various monitoring and security tools and systems; and a suite of test access points that enable non-disruptive access to network traffic. Further, it provides cybersecurity solutions to protect their networks against distributed denial of service attacks under the Arbor brand, such as Arbor Sightline, Arbor Threat Mitigation System, Arbor Insight, Arbor Edge Defense, and Arbor Cloud. Additionally, the company offers advanced threat detection solutions, such as Omnis Cyber Investigator. It serves enterprise customers in various industries, including financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, education, transportation, and retail; mobile operators, wireline operators, cable operators, Internet service providers, and cloud providers; and governmental agencies through a direct sales force, and indirect reseller and distribution channels. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
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