CLFD vs. ADTN, NTGR, AUDC, DZSI, AKTS, MINM, INFN, DDD, EB, and DAKT
Should you be buying Clearfield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearfield include ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), AudioCodes (AUDC), DZS (DZSI), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Minim (MINM), Infinera (INFN), 3D Systems (DDD), Eventbrite (EB), and Daktronics (DAKT).
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Clearfield has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADTRAN. Clearfield 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, Clearfield had 1 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Clearfield and 5 mentions for ADTRAN. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Clearfield's score of 0.37 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clearfield currently has a consensus price target of $42.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.32%. ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.48%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Clearfield.
Clearfield has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.7% of Clearfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Clearfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ADTRAN received 144 more outperform votes than Clearfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.49% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.
Clearfield has a net margin of -1.79% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -51.42%. Clearfield's return on equity of -1.08% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
Summary
Clearfield beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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