ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is CLFD or ADTN more profitable?

Clearfield has a net margin of -7.47% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. Clearfield's return on equity of -4.41% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clearfield	-7.47%	-4.41%	-3.88%
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLFD or ADTN?

ADTRAN received 142 more outperform votes than Clearfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.24% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clearfield	Outperform Votes 303 60.24%	Underperform Votes 200 39.76%
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 445 57.20%	Underperform Votes 333 42.80%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CLFD or ADTN?

Clearfield has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADTRAN. Clearfield 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
Clearfield	$166.71M	2.50	-$12.45M	-$0.85	-34.33
ADTRAN	$1.15B	0.53	-$267.69M	-$6.51	-1.19

Do analysts recommend CLFD or ADTN?

Clearfield currently has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 60.21%. ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.90%. Given Clearfield's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clearfield is more favorable than ADTRAN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clearfield	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media prefer CLFD or ADTN?

In the previous week, Clearfield had 1 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Clearfield and 5 mentions for ADTRAN. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Clearfield's score of 0.22 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CLFD or ADTN?

Clearfield has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CLFD or ADTN?

88.7% of Clearfield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Clearfield shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clearfield beats ADTRAN on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.