AudioCodes (AUDC) Competitors

ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN received 95 more outperform votes than AudioCodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.87% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 57.56% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 438 57.56%	Underperform Votes 323 42.44%
AudioCodes	Outperform Votes 343 70.87%	Underperform Votes 141 29.13%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADTN or AUDC?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADTN or AUDC more profitable?

AudioCodes has a net margin of 3.59% compared to AudioCodes' net margin of -21.80%. ADTRAN's return on equity of 7.35% beat AudioCodes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-21.80%	-15.65%	-6.22%
AudioCodes	3.59%	7.35%	4.18%

Do analysts rate ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.02%. AudioCodes has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.01%. Given AudioCodes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than AudioCodes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AudioCodes	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ADTN or AUDC?

AudioCodes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, 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
ADTRAN	$1.15B	0.31	-$267.69M	-$3.20	-1.38
AudioCodes	$244.38M	1.38	$8.78M	$0.28	39.68

Which has more volatility and risk, ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ADTN or AUDC?

In the previous week, ADTRAN had 4 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ADTRAN and 2 mentions for AudioCodes. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat AudioCodes' score of 0.73 indicating that AudioCodes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AudioCodes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AudioCodes beats ADTRAN on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.