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InterDigital (IDCC) Competitors

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$189.43 +0.46 (+0.24%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

IDCC vs. FFIV, CIEN, JNPR, SATS, EXTR, CALX, INFN, HLIT, DGII, and VSAT

Should you be buying InterDigital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterDigital include F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), EchoStar (SATS), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Calix (CALX), Infinera (INFN), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), and Viasat (VSAT). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

InterDigital vs.

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

F5 received 829 more outperform votes than InterDigital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InterDigitalOutperform Votes
464
62.37%
Underperform Votes
280
37.63%
F5Outperform Votes
1293
66.89%
Underperform Votes
640
33.11%

99.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

InterDigital currently has a consensus target price of $120.00, suggesting a potential downside of 36.65%. F5 has a consensus target price of $237.11, suggesting a potential downside of 6.00%. Given F5's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F5 is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
InterDigital
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
F5
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to F5's net margin of 20.13%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat F5's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
InterDigital36.69% 40.49% 15.32%
F5 20.13%20.80%11.41%

In the previous week, F5 had 3 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for F5 and 7 mentions for InterDigital. F5's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat InterDigital's score of 1.14 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
InterDigital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
F5
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

InterDigital has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
InterDigital$721.23M6.66$214.07M$9.3620.24
F5$2.82B5.25$566.78M$9.5626.39

Summary

F5 beats InterDigital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IDCC vs. The Competition

MetricInterDigitalPatent owners & lessors IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.80B$1.11B$24.25B$9.08B
Dividend Yield0.92%6.79%2.71%4.17%
P/E Ratio20.247.14270.7417.18
Price / Sales6.66254.963,157.15115.67
Price / Cash16.2812.7733.6737.88
Price / Book8.373.327.754.78
Net Income$214.07M-$3.05M$661.21M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.54%-3.84%0.44%-1.26%
1 Month Performance3.92%-3.50%9.01%4.37%
1 Year Performance72.24%-2.49%26.14%18.73%

InterDigital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDCC
InterDigital
2.5147 of 5 stars
$189.43
+0.2%
$120.00
-36.7%
+72.2%$4.80B$721.23M20.24420Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FFIV
F5
4.1316 of 5 stars
$261.51
-0.1%
$233.56
-10.7%
+42.6%$15.33B$2.82B27.396,557Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.4562 of 5 stars
$90.99
+1.4%
$77.00
-15.4%
+100.5%$13.14B$4.01B157.408,483Insider Trade
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.1245 of 5 stars
$37.60
+1.0%
$39.50
+5.1%
+28.1%$12.45B$5.03B48.993,374
SATS
EchoStar
0.7285 of 5 stars
$23.96
+2.7%
$20.50
-14.4%
+66.4%$6.51B$17.02B-2.6215,300
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.0233 of 5 stars
$18.41
+1.3%
$19.00
+3.2%
+0.6%$2.43B$1.03B-18.732,656Analyst Upgrade
CALX
Calix
1.9379 of 5 stars
$35.63
+1.5%
$42.50
+19.3%
-16.3%$2.36B$890.13M-146.921,760
INFN
Infinera
0.5476 of 5 stars
$6.61
+0.3%
$7.09
+7.2%
+44.1%$1.57B$1.61B-13.733,389Positive News
HLIT
Harmonic
4.1649 of 5 stars
$13.34
+1.2%
$15.25
+14.3%
+12.0%$1.55B$623.65M18.051,359News Coverage
Positive News
DGII
Digi International
2.4034 of 5 stars
$33.69
+1.6%
$36.75
+9.1%
+23.4%$1.23B$424.05M55.38822Analyst Upgrade
VSAT
Viasat
3.9398 of 5 stars
$9.23
-1.2%
$18.33
+98.6%
-65.5%$1.19B$4.28B-2.997,500

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This page (NASDAQ:IDCC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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