Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX – Get Free Report) and ParkerVision (OTCMKTS:PRKR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of ParkerVision shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of ParkerVision shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Lantronix and ParkerVision’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lantronix | -3.46% | -4.88% | -3.21% |
| ParkerVision | N/A | N/A | -88.12% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lantronix | $120.90 million | 2.03 | -$4.18 million | ($0.11) | -47.82 |
| ParkerVision | $25.00 million | 0.80 | -$7.43 million | ($0.03) | -4.48 |
Lantronix has higher revenue and earnings than ParkerVision. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ParkerVision, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Lantronix has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ParkerVision has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Lantronix and ParkerVision, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lantronix | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.71 |
| ParkerVision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lantronix currently has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 97.72%. Given Lantronix’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lantronix is more favorable than ParkerVision.
Summary
Lantronix beats ParkerVision on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lantronix
Lantronix, Inc. provides solutions for video surveillance, infotainment systems, and intelligent substations infrastructure in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan. The company's IoT products include IoT System Solutions, which provide wired and wireless connections that enhance the value and utility of modern electronic systems and equipment through secure network connectivity, power for IoT end devices through Power over Ethernet, application hosting, protocol conversion, media conversion, secure access for distributed IoT deployments, and various other functions; Embedded IoT Modules, such as application processing delivering compute to meet customer needs for data transformation, computer vision, machine learning, augmented/virtual reality, audio/video aggregation and distribution, and custom applications; and Software and Engineering Services offers SaaS platform that enables customers to deploy, monitor, manage, and automate across their global deployments through a single platform login. It also offers telematics devices, which provides power efficient products designed to support communications across interfaces and industrial protocols for vehicle, fleet, and asset tracking and management; network switches, media converters, power over ethernet, NICS and optical SFPs, system on modules, and development kits; and services for mechanical, hardware, and software engineering for camera, audio, and artificial intelligence/machine learning development. In addition, the company provides console management, power management, and IP connected keyboard-video-mouse products that offers remote access to IT and networking infrastructure deployed in test labs, data centers, branch offices, remote sites, and server rooms; and hardware engineering, software engineering, and mechanical engineering, rapid prototyping and quality assurance engineering services. Lantronix, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Irvine, California.
About ParkerVision
ParkerVision, Inc. designs and develops radio frequency technologies and integrated circuits for use in wireless communication products. ParkerVision, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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