Reviewing Inseego (INSG) and Its Rivals

Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG) is one of 110 public companies in the “Communications Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Inseego to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.2% of Inseego shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of shares of all “Communications Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Inseego shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Communications Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Inseego and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inseego	-6.41%	N/A	-8.89%
Inseego Competitors	1.09%	-4.97%	3.05%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Inseego and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inseego	1	2	3	0	2.33
Inseego Competitors	1073	4028	7092	380	2.54

Inseego presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 235.05%. As a group, “Communications Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 56.45%. Given Inseego’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Inseego is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Inseego has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inseego’s peers have a beta of 1.17, indicating that their average stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Inseego and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inseego	$166.19 million	$840,000.00	-9.95
Inseego Competitors	$2.69 billion	$292.54 million	-3.23

Inseego’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Inseego. Inseego is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Inseego peers beat Inseego on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

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.