ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	0.65	-$267.69M	-$5.69	-1.32
Calix	$831.52M	2.96	-$29.75M	-$0.45	-81.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN received 92 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.54% of users gave Calix an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 452 57.58%	Underperform Votes 333 42.42%
Calix	Outperform Votes 360 58.54%	Underperform Votes 255 41.46%

Does the media prefer ADTN or CALX?

In the previous week, Calix had 43 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Calix and 9 mentions for ADTRAN. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Calix's score of 0.70 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calix	16 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 analysts recommend ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.44%. Calix has a consensus price target of $45.29, suggesting a potential upside of 22.77%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ADTN or CALX?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ADTRAN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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