RBBN vs. BAND, TUFN, AUDC, ASUR, VSAT, EXTR, HLIT, INFN, DGII, and BELFB
Should you be buying Ribbon Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ribbon Communications include Bandwidth (BAND), Tufin Software Technologies (TUFN), AudioCodes (AUDC), Asure Software (ASUR), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Harmonic (HLIT), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), and Bel Fuse (BELFB).
Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Bandwidth has a net margin of -4.60% compared to Bandwidth's net margin of -7.11%. Bandwidth's return on equity of 4.32% beat Ribbon Communications' return on equity.
68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bandwidth has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ribbon Communications received 82 more outperform votes than Bandwidth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote.
Bandwidth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ribbon Communications. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ribbon Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bandwidth had 11 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bandwidth and 3 mentions for Ribbon Communications. Bandwidth's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ribbon Communications' score of 0.30 indicating that Ribbon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bandwidth currently has a consensus target price of $25.38, suggesting a potential upside of 26.06%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.08%. Given Bandwidth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than Bandwidth.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats Bandwidth on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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