VIAV vs. DRS, QRVO, NXT, OLED, LITE, TSEM, ALGM, SITM, LPL, and PI
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Qorvo (QRVO), Nextracker (NXT), Universal Display (OLED), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), LG Display (LPL), and Impinj (PI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Viavi Solutions vs.
Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
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.
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by 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.
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.
Viavi Solutions received 654 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 67.37% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 26 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 5 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.62 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus price target of $33.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than Viavi Solutions.
Summary
Leonardo DRS beats Viavi Solutions on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIAV) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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