RBBN vs. CALX, EXTR, INFN, VSAT, HLIT, DGII, BELFB, ADTN, NTGR, and AVNW
Should you be buying Ribbon Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ribbon Communications include Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), Bel Fuse (BELFB), ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Ribbon Communications vs.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Calix currently has a consensus target price of $43.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.84%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than Calix.
Calix has a net margin of -3.58% compared to Ribbon Communications' net margin of -6.50%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 7.36% beat Calix's return on equity.
Ribbon Communications received 155 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
Calix has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Calix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ribbon Communications. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ribbon Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Calix had 9 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Calix and 1 mentions for Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Calix's score of 0.90 indicating that Ribbon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats Calix on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RBBN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
