Anterix (ATEX) Competitors

Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ATEX or ADEA?

87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Adeia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ATEX or ADEA?

Anterix has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ATEX or ADEA?

In the previous week, Adeia had 3 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adeia and 2 mentions for Anterix. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Anterix's score of 0.93 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Anterix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adeia	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ATEX or ADEA?

Anterix currently has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 198.91%. Adeia has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Anterix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Anterix is more favorable than Adeia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anterix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ATEX or ADEA?

Adeia has higher revenue and earnings than Anterix. Anterix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Anterix	$6.03M	69.66	-$11.37M	$1.56	14.37
Adeia	$376.02M	4.53	$64.62M	$0.74	21.06

Is ATEX or ADEA more profitable?

Anterix has a net margin of 495.14% compared to Adeia's net margin of 22.15%. Adeia's return on equity of 30.31% beat Anterix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anterix	495.14%	-23.87%	-11.16%
Adeia	22.15%	30.31%	10.92%

Summary

Adeia beats Anterix on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.