CALX vs. CIEN, SATS, IDCC, VSAT, EXTR, HLIT, INFN, DGII, BELFB, and RBBN
Should you be buying Calix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calix include Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Harmonic (HLIT), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Bel Fuse (BELFB), and Ribbon Communications (RBBN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Ciena had 1 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ciena and 8 mentions for Calix. Calix's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Ciena's score of 0.73 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Calix has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ciena has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Ciena received 870 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.62% of users gave Ciena an outperform vote while only 58.75% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Ciena shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ciena shares are owned 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.
Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Calix. Ciena is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ciena has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Calix's net margin of 2.19%. Ciena's return on equity of 9.92% beat Calix's return on equity.
Calix currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. Ciena has a consensus price target of $58.79, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Given Calix's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than Ciena.
Summary
Ciena beats Calix on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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