ADTN vs. RXT, CDLX, XPER, CTLP, NCMI, DAO, WDH, ICG, GCI, and TRMR Should you be buying ADTRAN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADTRAN include Rackspace Technology (RXT), Cardlytics (CDLX), Xperi (XPER), Cantaloupe (CTLP), National CineMedia (NCMI), Youdao (DAO), Waterdrop (WDH), Intchains Group (ICG), Gannett (GCI), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN ) and Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
ADTRAN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rackspace Technology. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rackspace Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rackspace Technology has a net margin of -29.99% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -51.42%. Rackspace Technology's return on equity of -10.18% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Rackspace Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Rackspace Technology shares are held 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.
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rackspace Technology has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 1 more articles in the media than Rackspace Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ADTRAN and 4 mentions for Rackspace Technology. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Rackspace Technology's score of 0.43 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ADTRAN received 395 more outperform votes than Rackspace Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote while only 46.94% of users gave Rackspace Technology an outperform vote.
ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.48%. Rackspace Technology has a consensus target price of $2.31, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Rackspace Technology.
Summary ADTRAN beats Rackspace Technology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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