Compare Stocks: AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$81.43 -5.6%	$112.40	$18.50 ▼ $233.67	$6.90B	3.85	10.35 million shs	11.91 million shs
ERIC Ericsson	$10.54 +10.0%	$9.90	$9.03 ▼ $13.77	$35.56B	0.96	10.53 million shs	29.98 million shs
FFIV F5	$452.23 -1.1%	$421.85	$223.76 ▼ $483.30	$25.64B	1.03	712,183 shs	306,410 shs
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$35.07 -9.0%	$39.37	$12.77 ▼ $60.43	$8.67B	1.21	6.01 million shs	5.25 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	-11.82%	-29.64%	-9.96%	-13.99%	+202.74%
ERIC Ericsson	-1.34%	+1.27%	-4.68%	-3.13%	-2.74%
FFIV F5	-3.99%	-2.01%	+11.12%	+13.35%	+33.25%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	-6.61%	-16.68%	+13.99%	+4.39%	+201.64%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$81.43 -5.6%	$112.40	$18.50 ▼ $233.67	$6.90B	3.85	10.35 million shs	11.91 million shs
ERIC Ericsson	$10.54 +10.0%	$9.90	$9.03 ▼ $13.77	$35.56B	0.96	10.53 million shs	29.98 million shs
FFIV F5	$452.23 -1.1%	$421.85	$223.76 ▼ $483.30	$25.64B	1.03	712,183 shs	306,410 shs
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$35.07 -9.0%	$39.37	$12.77 ▼ $60.43	$8.67B	1.21	6.01 million shs	5.25 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	-11.82%	-29.64%	-9.96%	-13.99%	+202.74%
ERIC Ericsson	-1.34%	+1.27%	-4.68%	-3.13%	-2.74%
FFIV F5	-3.99%	-2.01%	+11.12%	+13.35%	+33.25%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	-6.61%	-16.68%	+13.99%	+4.39%	+201.64%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	2.33	Hold	$147.00	88.26% Upside
ERIC Ericsson	2.17	Hold	$9.60	-7.49% Downside
FFIV F5	2.36	Hold	$426.00	-4.71% Downside
VIAV Viavi Solutions	2.56	Moderate Buy	$55.43	59.35% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/15/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$109.00 ➝ $92.00
10/12/2026	FFIV F5	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$508.00 ➝ $525.00
10/12/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
10/9/2026	FFIV F5	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/8/2026	ERIC Ericsson	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$11.40 ➝ $10.20
9/25/2026	FFIV F5	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/23/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$65.00
9/23/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$70.00
9/22/2026	ERIC Ericsson	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$11.00 ➝ $9.00
9/8/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
8/28/2026	ERIC Ericsson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 10/15/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$455.71M	14.49	$0.02 per share	3,924.99	$10.75 per share	7.26
ERIC Ericsson	$24.19B	1.45	$1.02 per share	10.22	$3.34 per share	3.11
FFIV F5	$3.31B	7.65	$12.89 per share	34.68	$62.53 per share	7.15
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$1.52B	5.63	$1.05 per share	33.01	$5.87 per share	5.93

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	-$38.23M	-$0.78	N/A	20.93	N/A	-9.57%	-1.98%	-1.34%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
ERIC Ericsson	$2.91B	$0.78	13.27	17.01	1.80	10.72%	20.63%	7.61%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)
FFIV F5	$692.38M	$12.56	35.52	31.77	4.51	21.95%	21.54%	12.16%	10/27/2026 (Confirmed)
VIAV Viavi Solutions	-$30.40M	-$0.15	N/A	20.95	N/A	-2.00%	19.60%	7.48%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$0.1428	N/A	N/A	N/A	$268.11 million	N/A
10/28/2026	Q1 2027	VIAV Viavi Solutions	$0.4065	N/A	N/A	N/A	$455.06 million	N/A
10/27/2026	Q4 2026	FFIV F5	$4.26	N/A	N/A	N/A	$884.03 million	N/A
10/15/2026	Q3 2026	ERIC Ericsson	$0.14	$0.18	+$0.04	$0.18	$5.59 billion	$5.94 billion
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$0.0151	$0.06	+$0.0449	-$0.28	$190.48 million	$191.92 million
8/5/2026	Q4 2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	$0.2979	$0.34	+$0.0421	$0.13	$432.62 million	$443.10 million
7/27/2026	Q3 2026	FFIV F5	$4.00	$4.73	+$0.73	$3.62	$834.60 million	$865.08 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ERIC Ericsson	$0.20	1.93%	+14.87%	25.64%	N/A
FFIV F5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VIAV Viavi Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/29/2026	ERIC Ericsson		$0.1579		9/29/2026	9/29/2026	9/29/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	0.12	2.78	2.13
ERIC Ericsson	0.21	1.12	0.89
FFIV F5	N/A	1.66	1.59
VIAV Viavi Solutions	0.27	1.85	1.62

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	61.70%
ERIC Ericsson	7.99%
FFIV F5	90.66%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	95.54%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	3.80%
ERIC Ericsson	N/A
FFIV F5	0.48%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	1.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	4,691	84.57 million	81.36 million	Optionable
ERIC Ericsson	88,826	3.37 billion	N/A	Optionable
FFIV F5	6,578	56.63 million	56.36 million	Optionable
VIAV Viavi Solutions	4,100	245.92 million	242.97 million	Optionable

AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

VIAVI Announces Date for Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Financial Results

October 14 at 4:30 PM | prnewswire.com

Can Viavi's U.S. Army Defense Testing Selection Propel Its Shares?

October 14 at 11:36 AM | zacks.com

VIAVI T/Rx Selected for US Army Electromagnetic Spectrum Test Range Modernization

October 14 at 9:31 AM | thefastmode.comT

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Research

October 14 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Head to Head Review: Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN)

October 14 at 2:15 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Viavi Solutions Wins US Army Contract for Electromagnetic Testing System

October 13 at 11:35 PM | finance.yahoo.com

U.S. Army Threat Systems Management Office Selects VIAVI Solutions Inc. T/Rx Software Defined Transceiver System For Critical Range Modernization Initiative

October 13 at 8:32 AM | marketscreener.comM

VIAVI T/Rx Selected by U.S. Army Threat Systems Management Office for Critical Range Modernization Initiative

October 13 at 6:30 AM | prnewswire.com

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Head to Head Analysis

October 13 at 4:15 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) Stock Falls 7.9% - Time to Sell?

October 12 at 2:19 PM | marketbeat.com

Viavi Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAV) Stock Has Average Price Target of $55.43

October 12 at 2:29 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV) - What Are Investment Firms Saying About This Stock?

October 12 at 2:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Calnex and VIAVI expand partnership to deliver end-to-end network and application performance validation for next-generation networks

October 9, 2026 | pipelinepub.comP

Viavi Solutions (VIAV) Expands Network Testing Reach With New AI Security Platform

October 9, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Viavi Solutions (VIAV) Expands Calnex Tie Up As Fair Value Debate Heats Up

October 8, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

BlackRock Reports 10.1% Stake in VIAVI Solutions with Over 24.9 Million Shares

October 7, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Viavi, Calnex Expand Partnership to Integrate Network Testing Tools

October 7, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Calnex and VIAVI expand partnership to deliver end-to-end network and application performance validation for next-generation networks.

October 7, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Zacks Industry Outlook Ciena, Viavi and Ooma

October 7, 2026 | zacks.com

3 Communication Stocks Likely to Gain From Industry Tailwinds

October 6, 2026 | zacks.com

Consensus price target for Viavi Solutions increased by 11.51% to MX$1,056.56

October 6, 2026 | msn.com

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AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VIAV Company Descriptions

Applied Optoelectronics NASDAQ:AAOI

$81.43 -4.79 (-5.56%)

As of 02:15 PM Eastern

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. It offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, distribution equipment, and amplifiers. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television, telecom equipment manufacturers, fiber-to-the-home, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.

Ericsson NASDAQ:ERIC

$10.54 +0.96 (+9.98%)

As of 02:15 PM Eastern

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile connectivity solutions for telcom operators and enterprise customers in various sectors in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, North East Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, and India. It operates in four segments: Networks; Cloud Software and Services; Enterprise; and Other. The Networks segment offers radio access network (RAN) solutions for various network spectrum bands, including purpose-built and open RAN-prepared hardware and software. This segment also provides cloud RAN; transport solutions; passive and active antennas; and a range of service portfolios covering network deployment and support. The Cloud Software and Services segment offers core networks, business and operational support systems, network design and optimization, and managed network services. The Enterprise segment offers a global communications platform, including cloud-based unified communications as a service, contact center as a service, and communications platform as a service; enterprise wireless solutions comprising private wireless networks and wireless wan pre-packaged solutions; and technologies and new business solutions, such as mobile financial services, security solutions, and advertising services. The Other segment includes Redbee media that prepares and distributes live and video services for broadcasters, sports leagues, and communications service providers. It offers its services through wholesalers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allmanna Telefon AB LM Ericsson and changed its name to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) in January 1926. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

F5 NASDAQ:FFIV

$452.23 -5.03 (-1.10%)

As of 02:15 PM Eastern

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Viavi Solutions NASDAQ:VIAV

$35.07 -3.48 (-9.04%)

As of 02:15 PM Eastern

Viavi Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. It operates through the following segments: Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance. The Network Enablement segment offers an integrated portfolio of testing solutions that access the network to perform build-out and maintenance tasks. The Service Enablement segment covers solutions and services primarily for communication service providers, and enterprises that deliver and/or operate broadband and IP networks (fixed and mobile) supporting voice, video, and data services as well as a wide range of applications. The Optical Security and Performance segment leverages its core optical coating technologies and volume manufacturing capability to design, manufacture, and sell products targeting anti-counterfeiting, consumer and industrial, government, healthcare, and other markets. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

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