Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG – Get Free Report) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Inseego and Cisco Systems”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Inseego | $166.19 million | 0.46 | $840,000.00 | $0.13 | 36.08 |
| Cisco Systems | $63.33 billion | 6.95 | $10.18 billion | $3.34 | 33.44 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
34.2% of Inseego shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Inseego shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Inseego and Cisco Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Inseego | -6.41% | -13.38% | -8.89% |
| Cisco Systems | 20.95% | 30.16% | 11.69% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Inseego and Cisco Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Inseego | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.57 |
| Cisco Systems | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2.74 |
Inseego presently has a consensus price target of $14.60, suggesting a potential upside of 211.30%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $129.43, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Inseego’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Inseego is more favorable than Cisco Systems.
Volatility & Risk
Inseego has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cisco Systems beats Inseego on 10 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 Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and network assurance. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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