InterDigital (IDCC) Competitors

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend FFIV or IDCC?

F5 currently has a consensus target price of $295.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.23%. InterDigital has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 44.20%. Given F5's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F5 is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
F5	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
InterDigital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FFIV or IDCC?

F5 has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FFIV or IDCC more profitable?

InterDigital has a net margin of 41.29% compared to F5's net margin of 20.58%. InterDigital's return on equity of 51.55% beat F5's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
F5	20.58%	20.98%	11.57%
InterDigital	41.29%	51.55%	21.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FFIV or IDCC?

F5 received 830 more outperform votes than InterDigital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.63% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
F5	Outperform Votes 1294 66.63%	Underperform Votes 648 33.37%
InterDigital	Outperform Votes 464 62.37%	Underperform Votes 280 37.63%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FFIV or IDCC?

F5 has higher revenue and earnings than InterDigital. InterDigital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, 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
F5	$2.89B	5.39	$566.78M	$10.06	26.85
InterDigital	$868.52M	6.36	$358.61M	$12.04	17.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FFIV or IDCC?

90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of F5 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FFIV or IDCC?

In the previous week, F5 had 1 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for F5 and 18 mentions for InterDigital. F5's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat InterDigital's score of 1.27 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
F5	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
InterDigital	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

F5 and InterDigital tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.