VIAV vs. DRS, CRDO, OLED, QRVO, NXT, ALGM, LITE, TSEM, SITM, and LPL
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Universal Display (OLED), Qorvo (QRVO), Nextracker (NXT), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), and LG Display (LPL). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Viavi Solutions vs.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Viavi Solutions received 657 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -3.87%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 10.37% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus target price of $34.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.41%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus target price of $12.72, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 12 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 6 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.55 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Leonardo DRS beats Viavi Solutions on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIAV) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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