HLIT vs. AUDC, CLFD, ANET, OOMA, CALX, VSAT, EXTR, BELFB, DGII, and NTGR
Should you be buying Harmonic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmonic include AudioCodes (AUDC), Clearfield (CLFD), Arista Networks (ANET), Ooma (OOMA), Calix (CALX), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), and NETGEAR (NTGR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Harmonic vs. Its Competitors
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Harmonic had 2 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Harmonic and 5 mentions for AudioCodes. Harmonic's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat AudioCodes' score of 0.70 indicating that Harmonic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harmonic has higher revenue and earnings than AudioCodes. Harmonic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.4% of Harmonic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Harmonic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes 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.
Harmonic presently has a consensus price target of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.95%. AudioCodes has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.15%. Given Harmonic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Harmonic is more favorable than AudioCodes.
Harmonic has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Harmonic has a net margin of 9.96% compared to AudioCodes' net margin of 5.66%. Harmonic's return on equity of 17.83% beat AudioCodes' return on equity.
Summary
Harmonic beats AudioCodes on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HLIT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:HLIT) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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