HLIT vs. CALX, EXTR, INFN, DGII, VSAT, BELFB, ADTN, RBBN, NTGR, and AVNW
Should you be buying Harmonic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmonic include Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), Bel Fuse (BELFB), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), NETGEAR (NTGR), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Harmonic vs.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Harmonic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calix. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Harmonic received 5 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.70% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
Calix currently has a consensus price target of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.76%. Harmonic has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.43%. Given Harmonic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Harmonic is more favorable than Calix.
98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Harmonic shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Harmonic had 3 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Harmonic and 4 mentions for Calix. Calix's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Harmonic's score of 0.33 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harmonic has a net margin of 5.78% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Harmonic's return on equity of 15.90% beat Calix's return on equity.
Calix has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harmonic has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Harmonic beats Calix on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HLIT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
