Adeia (ADEA) Competitors

PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PHI or ADEA?

PLDT has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLDT	$215.54B	0.02	$479.05M	N/A	N/A
Adeia	$376.02M	5.01	$67.37M	$0.57	30.23

Is PHI or ADEA a better dividend stock?

PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Adeia pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Adeia pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, PHI or ADEA?

PLDT has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PHI or ADEA?

2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Adeia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PHI or ADEA?

In the previous week, Adeia had 26 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Adeia and 2 mentions for PLDT. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat PLDT's score of 0.49 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PLDT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Adeia	6 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PHI or ADEA more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 17.19% compared to PLDT's net margin of 12.34%. Adeia's return on equity of 32.81% beat PLDT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLDT	12.34%	22.11%	3.94%
Adeia	17.19%	32.81%	11.24%

Do analysts recommend PHI or ADEA?

Adeia has a consensus target price of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.53%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adeia is more favorable than PLDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PHI or ADEA?

PLDT received 345 more outperform votes than Adeia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave Adeia an outperform vote while only 60.47% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PLDT	Outperform Votes 364 60.47%	Underperform Votes 238 39.53%
Adeia	Outperform Votes 19 90.48%	Underperform Votes 2 9.52%

Summary

Adeia beats PLDT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.