Head to Head Review: RF Industries (RFIL) vs. Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings 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	0	1	2.67
RF Industries Competitors	1967	7376	10104	610	2.47

RF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.28%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 13.26%. Given RF Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RF Industries is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

23.5% of RF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% 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, 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company 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.

Risk and Volatility

RF Industries has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RF Industries’ rivals have a beta of -0.22, indicating that their average share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	1.70%	12.79%	6.32%
RF Industries Competitors	-203.78%	-149.67%	-7.19%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
RF Industries	$80.59 million	$80,000.00	92.31
RF Industries Competitors	$4.02 billion	$183.66 million	-4.10

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.

Summary

RF Industries beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

RF Industries Company Profile

RF Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets interconnect products and systems in the United States, Canada, Italy, Mexico, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, RF Connector and Cable Assembly, and Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes various coaxial connectors and cable assemblies that are integrated with coaxial connectors; custom copper and fiber cable assemblies, complex hybrid fiber optic and power solution cables, adapters, and electromechanical wiring harnesses for communication, computer, LAN, automotive, and medical equipment; energy-efficient cooling systems for wireless base stations and remote equipment shelters; and custom-designed pole-ready 5G small cell integrated enclosures. It also designs and manufactures cable assemblies and wiring harnesses for blue chip industrial, oilfield, instrumentation, medical, and military customers; connectivity solutions to telecommunications and data communications distributors; thermal control systems; and radio frequency and microwave distribution system products, such as dividers, directional couplers, and filters. The company sells its products through warehousing distributors and in-house marketing and sales team. It serves telecommunications carriers and equipment manufacturers, wireless and network infrastructure carriers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Celltronics, Inc. and changed its name RF Industries, Ltd. in November 1990. RF Industries, Ltd. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.