FFIV vs. JNPR, EXTR, DGII, ATEN, LTRX, SILC, HPE, HPQ, WWD, and ZG
Should you be buying F5 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F5 include Juniper Networks (JNPR), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Digi International (DGII), A10 Networks (ATEN), Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HP (HPQ), Woodward (WWD), and Zillow Group (ZG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Juniper Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of F5 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Juniper Networks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, F5 had 44 more articles in the media than Juniper Networks. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for F5 and 14 mentions for Juniper Networks. Juniper Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat F5's score of 0.35 indicating that Juniper Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
F5 has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
F5 received 215 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 59.71% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.
F5 has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Juniper Networks' net margin of 4.19%. F5's return on equity of 21.41% beat Juniper Networks' return on equity.
F5 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Juniper Networks. F5 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Juniper Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
F5 presently has a consensus target price of $185.10, suggesting a potential upside of 11.55%. Juniper Networks has a consensus target price of $34.55, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given F5's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe F5 is more favorable than Juniper Networks.
Summary
F5 beats Juniper Networks on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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