CIEN vs. FN, BILL, UI, KT, S, QLYS, SAIC, ARW, LYFT, and CGNX
Should you be buying Ciena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ciena include Fabrinet (FN), BILL (BILL), Ubiquiti (UI), KT (KT), SentinelOne (S), Qualys (QLYS), Science Applications International (SAIC), Arrow Electronics (ARW), Lyft (LYFT), and Cognex (CGNX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Ciena has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ciena had 2 more articles in the media than Fabrinet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ciena and 7 mentions for Fabrinet. Ciena's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Fabrinet's score of 0.39 indicating that Ciena is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.0% of Ciena shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ciena shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fabrinet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fabrinet has a net margin of 9.35% compared to Ciena's net margin of 5.22%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 17.27% beat Ciena's return on equity.
Ciena received 598 more outperform votes than Fabrinet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.62% of users gave Ciena an outperform vote while only 74.19% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote.
Ciena currently has a consensus target price of $58.79, suggesting a potential upside of 26.12%. Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $159.57, suggesting a potential downside of 9.05%. Given Ciena's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ciena is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Fabrinet. Fabrinet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ciena, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ciena beats Fabrinet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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