CLFD vs. AVYA, INFN, ADTN, NTGR, AUDC, DZSI, FKWL, SONM, AKTS, and PEGY
Should you be buying Clearfield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearfield include Avaya (AVYA), Infinera (INFN), ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), AudioCodes (AUDC), DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), and Pineapple Energy (PEGY).
Avaya (NYSE:AVYA) and Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Avaya has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearfield has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clearfield has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avaya. Clearfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avaya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Clearfield had 1 more articles in the media than Avaya. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Clearfield and 0 mentions for Avaya. Avaya's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Clearfield's score of -0.16 indicating that Clearfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clearfield has a consensus price target of $42.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%.
75.8% of Avaya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Clearfield shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Avaya shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Clearfield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clearfield has a net margin of -1.79% compared to Clearfield's net margin of -53.11%. Clearfield's return on equity of 32.42% beat Avaya's return on equity.
Clearfield received 77 more outperform votes than Avaya when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.67% of users gave Avaya an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote.
Summary
Clearfield beats Avaya on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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