Calix (CALX) Competitors

Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, CALX or CIEN?

Calix has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ciena has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CALX or CIEN?

98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Ciena shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ciena shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CALX or CIEN more profitable?

Ciena has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Ciena's return on equity of 4.72% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%
Ciena	2.09%	4.72%	2.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CALX or CIEN?

Ciena received 889 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.32% of users gave Ciena an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calix	Outperform Votes 358 58.69%	Underperform Votes 252 41.31%
Ciena	Outperform Votes 1247 76.32%	Underperform Votes 387 23.68%

Do analysts rate CALX or CIEN?

Calix presently has a consensus price target of $43.17, indicating a potential upside of 25.39%. Ciena has a consensus price target of $79.62, indicating a potential upside of 34.03%. Given Ciena's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ciena is more favorable than Calix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Ciena	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CALX or CIEN?

Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Calix. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ciena, 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
Calix	$831.52M	2.76	-$29.75M	-$0.45	-76.50
Ciena	$4.05B	2.09	$83.96M	$0.54	110.00

Does the media favor CALX or CIEN?

In the previous week, Ciena had 16 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ciena and 8 mentions for Calix. Ciena's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Calix's score of 0.99 indicating that Ciena is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calix	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ciena	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ciena beats Calix on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.