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Harmonic (HLIT) Competitors

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$12.25 +0.17 (+1.41%)
(As of 09:15 AM ET)

HLIT vs. SWIR, BCOV, CMTL, IDCC, EXTR, CALX, INFN, DGII, BELFB, and VSAT

Should you be buying Harmonic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmonic include Sierra Wireless (SWIR), Brightcove (BCOV), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), InterDigital (IDCC), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Calix (CALX), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Bel Fuse (BELFB), and Viasat (VSAT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Harmonic vs.

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) 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, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Harmonic has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Wireless has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sierra Wireless received 78 more outperform votes than Harmonic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.58% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave Sierra Wireless an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HarmonicOutperform Votes
358
60.58%
Underperform Votes
233
39.42%
Sierra WirelessOutperform Votes
436
49.60%
Underperform Votes
443
50.40%

In the previous week, Harmonic had 14 more articles in the media than Sierra Wireless. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Harmonic and 0 mentions for Sierra Wireless. Harmonic's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Sierra Wireless' score of 0.71 indicating that Harmonic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Harmonic Positive
Sierra Wireless Positive

99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Sierra Wireless shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Sierra Wireless shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Harmonic has a net margin of 13.62% compared to Sierra Wireless' net margin of -3.19%. Sierra Wireless' return on equity of 7.64% beat Harmonic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harmonic13.62% 7.56% 4.23%
Sierra Wireless -3.19%7.64%3.62%

Harmonic presently has a consensus target price of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.24%. Given Harmonic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Harmonic is more favorable than Sierra Wireless.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harmonic
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Sierra Wireless
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Harmonic has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Wireless. Sierra Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harmonic$623.65M2.26$83.99M$0.7316.55
Sierra Wireless$473.21M2.56-$89.02M-$0.57-54.37

Summary

Harmonic beats Sierra Wireless on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLIT vs. The Competition

MetricHarmonicRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.42B$11.80B$24.07B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.54%2.79%4.07%
P/E Ratio16.5514.80258.2017.81
Price / Sales2.263.033,505.1674.38
Price / Cash45.0915.6232.8932.53
Price / Book3.1116.637.414.68
Net Income$83.99M$264.39M$667.83M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.95%1.82%-0.42%-2.04%
1 Month Performance-16.40%-1.97%0.53%0.06%
1 Year Performance10.72%27.26%17.56%24.60%

Harmonic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLIT
Harmonic
4.6207 of 5 stars
$12.25
+1.4%
$15.25
+24.5%
+10.7%$1.43B$607.91M16.781,359Positive News
SWIR
Sierra Wireless
N/A$30.99
flat
N/A+0.0%$1.21B$473.21M-54.371,007Analyst Forecast
BCOV
Brightcove
4.5818 of 5 stars
$2.99
+1.4%
$4.25
+42.1%
+14.6%$134.97M$201.19M0.00624Analyst Downgrade
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.3393 of 5 stars
$3.03
+3.4%
$6.38
+110.4%
-75.4%$87.48M$540.40M0.001,676
IDCC
InterDigital
2.1243 of 5 stars
$181.50
-0.4%
$120.00
-33.9%
+84.2%$4.60B$549.59M19.48420
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0022 of 5 stars
$15.49
+0.4%
$19.00
+22.7%
-6.8%$2.05B$1.12B-15.912,656
CALX
Calix
2.7197 of 5 stars
$30.43
-5.9%
$42.50
+39.7%
-21.3%$2.02B$1.04B0.001,760
INFN
Infinera
1.0968 of 5 stars
$6.61
-0.3%
$7.09
+7.2%
+56.6%$1.57B$1.61B0.003,389Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DGII
Digi International
1.4911 of 5 stars
$32.00
+1.4%
$36.75
+14.8%
+24.8%$1.17B$424.05M51.72822
BELFB
Bel Fuse
4.4675 of 5 stars
$75.33
+2.1%
$95.00
+26.1%
+39.1%$945.39M$639.81M17.285,260Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VSAT
Viasat
3.7549 of 5 stars
$6.96
+0.4%
$18.33
+163.4%
-65.2%$893.59M$4.28B0.007,500Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:HLIT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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