INFN vs. IDCC, CALX, EXTR, HLIT, DGII, VSAT, BELFB, ADTN, NTGR, and RBBN
Should you be buying Infinera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Infinera include InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), Bel Fuse (BELFB), ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), and Ribbon Communications (RBBN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Infinera vs.
InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
InterDigital has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Infinera received 214 more outperform votes than InterDigital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.34% of users gave Infinera an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.
99.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Infinera shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Infinera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
InterDigital presently has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.11%. Infinera has a consensus target price of $7.09, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Infinera's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Infinera is more favorable than InterDigital.
InterDigital has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infinera has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Infinera had 2 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Infinera and 4 mentions for InterDigital. Infinera's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat InterDigital's score of 1.14 indicating that Infinera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to Infinera's net margin of -7.62%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat Infinera's return on equity.
Summary
InterDigital beats Infinera on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:INFN) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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