ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADTN or CALX?

Calix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADTRAN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ADTRAN	$922.72M	0.67	-$267.69M	-$5.69	-1.37
Calix	$831.52M	2.60	-$29.75M	-$0.45	-71.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN received 93 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.69% of users gave Calix an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 451 57.53%	Underperform Votes 333 42.47%
Calix	Outperform Votes 358 58.69%	Underperform Votes 252 41.31%

Is ADTN or CALX more profitable?

Calix has a net margin of -3.58% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. Calix's return on equity of -3.43% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ADTN or CALX?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Calix 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.

Do analysts rate ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 73.30%. Calix has a consensus target price of $43.17, indicating a potential upside of 33.29%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Calix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor ADTN or CALX?

In the previous week, Calix had 1 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Calix and 7 mentions for ADTRAN. Calix's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.68 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calix	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Calix beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.