Digi International (DGII) Competitors

Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, DGII or IDCC?

Digi International has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DGII or IDCC?

In the previous week, InterDigital had 3 more articles in the media than Digi International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for InterDigital and 5 mentions for Digi International. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Digi International's score of 0.63 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Digi International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InterDigital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DGII or IDCC?

InterDigital received 9 more outperform votes than Digi International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.45% of users gave Digi International an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Digi International	Outperform Votes 455 64.45%	Underperform Votes 251 35.55%
InterDigital	Outperform Votes 464 62.37%	Underperform Votes 280 37.63%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DGII or IDCC?

InterDigital has higher revenue and earnings than Digi International. InterDigital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digi International, 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
Digi International	$424.05M	2.82	$22.50M	$0.61	53.18
InterDigital	$549.59M	7.95	$214.07M	$9.36	18.42

Do analysts prefer DGII or IDCC?

Digi International presently has a consensus target price of $36.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.29%. InterDigital has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.39%. Given Digi International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Digi International is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digi International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
InterDigital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DGII or IDCC?

95.9% of Digi International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Digi International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DGII or IDCC more profitable?

InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to Digi International's net margin of 5.31%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat Digi International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digi International	5.31%	11.24%	7.64%
InterDigital	36.69%	40.49%	15.32%

Summary

InterDigital beats Digi International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.