ADTN vs. CALX, EXTR, INFN, DGII, VSAT, HLIT, BELFB, RBBN, NTGR, and AVNW
Should you be buying ADTRAN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADTRAN include Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), NETGEAR (NTGR), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
ADTRAN vs.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Calix has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 13 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ADTRAN and 9 mentions for Calix. Calix's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.33 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Calix has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Calix currently has a consensus price target of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.27%. ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.84%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Calix.
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.
Summary
Calix beats ADTRAN on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADTN) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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