IDCC vs. FRG, TIVO, ACTG, JYNT, APPS, FFIV, CIEN, SATS, CALX, and VSAT
Should you be buying InterDigital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterDigital include Franchise Group (FRG), TiVo (TIVO), Acacia Research (ACTG), Joint (JYNT), Digital Turbine (APPS), F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), Calix (CALX), and Viasat (VSAT).
InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and Franchise Group (NASDAQ:FRG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
InterDigital has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franchise Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
InterDigital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. InterDigital pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franchise Group pays out -31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franchise Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
InterDigital has a net margin of 31.18% compared to Franchise Group's net margin of -6.52%. InterDigital's return on equity of 32.57% beat Franchise Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, InterDigital had 7 more articles in the media than Franchise Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for InterDigital and 0 mentions for Franchise Group. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Franchise Group's score of 0.00 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InterDigital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franchise Group. Franchise Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterDigital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
InterDigital received 434 more outperform votes than Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Franchise Group an outperform vote.
99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Franchise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Franchise Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
InterDigital presently has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.37%. Franchise Group has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.40%. Given Franchise Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franchise Group is more favorable than InterDigital.
Summary
InterDigital beats Franchise Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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