ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus price target of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.86%. Extreme Networks has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Extreme Networks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Extreme Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is ADTN or EXTR more profitable?

Extreme Networks has a net margin of -12.11% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. ADTRAN's return on equity of -38.62% beat Extreme Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%
Extreme Networks	-12.11%	-80.55%	-4.30%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADTN or EXTR?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Extreme Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Extreme Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADTN or EXTR?

Extreme Networks received 22 more outperform votes than ADTRAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave Extreme Networks an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 446 57.25%	Underperform Votes 333 42.75%
Extreme Networks	Outperform Votes 468 69.64%	Underperform Votes 204 30.36%

Does the media favor ADTN or EXTR?

In the previous week, ADTRAN had 1 more articles in the media than Extreme Networks. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ADTRAN and 3 mentions for Extreme Networks. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Extreme Networks' score of 0.54 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	Very Positive
Extreme Networks	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, ADTN or EXTR?

Extreme Networks has higher revenue and earnings than ADTRAN. Extreme Networks 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	$905.35M	0.72	-$267.69M	-$6.51	-1.26
Extreme Networks	$1.03B	2.13	-$85.96M	-$0.97	-17.21

Summary

Extreme Networks beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.