HLIT vs. IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, DGII, VSAT, BELFB, ADTN, NTGR, and RBBN
Should you be buying Harmonic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmonic include InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), Bel Fuse (BELFB), ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), and Ribbon Communications (RBBN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Harmonic vs.
InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
InterDigital presently has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.11%. Harmonic has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.95%. Given Harmonic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Harmonic is more favorable than InterDigital.
InterDigital received 106 more outperform votes than Harmonic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote while only 60.47% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote.
InterDigital has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harmonic has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to Harmonic's net margin of 13.62%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat Harmonic's return on equity.
99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Harmonic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Harmonic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, InterDigital had 2 more articles in the media than Harmonic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for InterDigital and 1 mentions for Harmonic. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Harmonic's score of 0.54 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InterDigital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harmonic. Harmonic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterDigital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
InterDigital beats Harmonic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HLIT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
