Infinera (INFN) Competitors

ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ADTN or INFN?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Infinera shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Infinera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADTN or INFN more profitable?

Infinera has a net margin of -7.62% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. ADTRAN's return on equity of -38.62% beat Infinera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%
Infinera	-7.62%	-45.12%	-4.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADTN or INFN?

Infinera received 233 more outperform votes than ADTRAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.34% of users gave Infinera an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 445 57.20%	Underperform Votes 333 42.80%
Infinera	Outperform Votes 678 66.34%	Underperform Votes 344 33.66%

Does the media prefer ADTN or INFN?

In the previous week, ADTRAN had 2 more articles in the media than Infinera. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ADTRAN and 4 mentions for Infinera. Infinera's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat ADTRAN's score of 1.11 indicating that Infinera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Infinera	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADTN or INFN?

Infinera has higher revenue and earnings than ADTRAN. Infinera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADTRAN, 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
ADTRAN	$1.15B	0.53	-$267.69M	-$6.51	-1.19
Infinera	$1.61B	0.97	-$25.21M	-$0.48	-13.83

Do analysts rate ADTN or INFN?

ADTRAN currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.58%. Infinera has a consensus target price of $7.09, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Infinera.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Infinera	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ADTN or INFN?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infinera has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Infinera beats ADTRAN on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.