Ribbon Communications (RBBN) Competitors

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, BAND or RBBN?

Bandwidth has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BAND or RBBN?

Bandwidth presently has a consensus target price of $28.33, suggesting a potential upside of 57.49%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus target price of $5.83, suggesting a potential upside of 51.12%. Given Bandwidth's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than Ribbon Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bandwidth	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Ribbon Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BAND or RBBN?

Bandwidth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ribbon Communications. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ribbon Communications, 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
Bandwidth	$601.12M	0.82	-$16.34M	-$0.93	-19.34
Ribbon Communications	$826.34M	0.82	-$66.21M	-$0.32	-12.06

Does the media prefer BAND or RBBN?

In the previous week, Bandwidth had 7 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bandwidth and 1 mentions for Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Bandwidth's score of 0.30 indicating that Ribbon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bandwidth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ribbon Communications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BAND or RBBN?

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BAND or RBBN?

Ribbon Communications received 83 more outperform votes than Bandwidth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.98% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bandwidth	Outperform Votes 424 58.40%	Underperform Votes 302 41.60%
Ribbon Communications	Outperform Votes 507 62.98%	Underperform Votes 298 37.02%

Is BAND or RBBN more profitable?

Bandwidth has a net margin of -2.23% compared to Ribbon Communications' net margin of -6.62%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 5.41% beat Bandwidth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bandwidth	-2.23%	-0.89%	-0.26%
Ribbon Communications	-6.62%	5.41%	2.04%

Summary

Ribbon Communications beats Bandwidth on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.