INFN vs. IDCC, CALX, EXTR, VSAT, HLIT, DGII, BELFB, ADTN, RBBN, and NTGR
Should you be buying Infinera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Infinera include InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), Bel Fuse (BELFB), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and NETGEAR (NTGR). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Infinera vs.
Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Infinera has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, InterDigital had 16 more articles in the media than Infinera. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for InterDigital and 3 mentions for Infinera. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Infinera's score of 0.84 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InterDigital has a net margin of 41.29% compared to Infinera's net margin of -7.62%. InterDigital's return on equity of 51.55% beat Infinera's return on equity.
Infinera currently has a consensus target price of $7.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. InterDigital has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 46.84%. Given Infinera's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Infinera is more favorable than InterDigital.
97.5% of Infinera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Infinera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of InterDigital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Infinera received 214 more outperform votes than InterDigital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave Infinera an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.
InterDigital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Infinera. Infinera 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 Infinera on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:INFN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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