IDCC vs. FFIV, CIEN, JNPR, SATS, CALX, EXTR, INFN, DGII, VSAT, and HLIT
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), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), and Harmonic (HLIT). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by company 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 presently has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 44.70%. F5 has a consensus target price of $295.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Given F5's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe F5 is more favorable than InterDigital.
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.
In the previous week, InterDigital had 2 more articles in the media than F5. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for InterDigital and 20 mentions for F5. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat F5's score of 0.66 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InterDigital has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
InterDigital beats F5 on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IDCC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
