Which has better valuation & earnings, TIMB or ADEA?

TIM has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia. TIM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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 TIM $4.77B 2.19 $772.28M $1.64 13.13 Adeia $443.39M 7.21 $111.07M $1.08 26.83

Is TIMB or ADEA more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to TIM's net margin of 16.00%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat TIM's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets TIM 16.00% 17.77% 7.66% Adeia 26.50% 39.49% 16.61%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GSAT or ADEA?

Adeia has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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 Globalstar $272.99M 38.44 -$8.65M -$0.15 N/A Adeia $443.39M 7.21 $111.07M $1.08 26.83

Is GSAT or ADEA more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Globalstar's net margin of -6.84%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat Globalstar's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Globalstar -6.84% -3.75% -0.61% Adeia 26.50% 39.49% 16.61%

Do analysts prefer LLYVK or ADEA?

Adeia has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adeia is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C 2 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Adeia 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83

Do analysts rate ADEA or KT?

Adeia currently has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. KT has a consensus target price of $23.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Given KT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KT is more favorable than Adeia. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Adeia 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 KT 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ADEA or KT?

KT has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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 Adeia $443.39M 7.21 $111.07M $1.08 26.83 KT $19.88B 0.44 $1.20B $2.26 8.02

Is ADEA or KT more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to KT's net margin of 5.51%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat KT's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Adeia 26.50% 39.49% 16.61% KT 5.51% 8.04% 3.63%

Do analysts recommend ADEA or LLYVA?

Adeia presently has a consensus target price of $33.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adeia is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Adeia 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A 2 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00

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ADEA vs. TIMB, GSAT, LLYVK, KT, and LLYVA

Should you buy Adeia stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Adeia with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Adeia include TIM (TIMB), Globalstar (GSAT), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), KT (KT), and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

How does Adeia compare to TIM?

TIM (NYSE:TIMB) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) are both communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

TIM has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the broader market.

TIM pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Adeia pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. TIM pays out 61.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Adeia pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

TIM currently has a consensus price target of $25.90, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Adeia has a consensus price target of $33.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Given TIM's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TIM is more favorable than Adeia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TIM	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

TIM has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia. TIM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
TIM	$4.77B	2.19	$772.28M	$1.64	13.13
Adeia	$443.39M	7.21	$111.07M	$1.08	26.83

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to TIM's net margin of 16.00%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat TIM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TIM	16.00%	17.77%	7.66%
Adeia	26.50%	39.49%	16.61%

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Adeia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, TIM had 1 more articles in the media than Adeia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TIM and 1 mentions for Adeia. TIM's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Adeia's score of 0.64 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TIM	Positive
Adeia	Positive

Summary

Adeia beats TIM on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Adeia compare to Globalstar?

Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) are both communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

18.9% of Globalstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Adeia shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.0% of Globalstar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Adeia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Globalstar had 3 more articles in the media than Adeia. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Globalstar and 1 mentions for Adeia. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Globalstar's score of -0.04 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Globalstar	Neutral
Adeia	Positive

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Globalstar's net margin of -6.84%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat Globalstar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globalstar	-6.84%	-3.75%	-0.61%
Adeia	26.50%	39.49%	16.61%

Adeia has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Globalstar	$272.99M	38.44	-$8.65M	-$0.15	N/A
Adeia	$443.39M	7.21	$111.07M	$1.08	26.83

Globalstar has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the broader market.

Globalstar presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.33%. Adeia has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adeia is more favorable than Globalstar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Globalstar	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Adeia beats Globalstar on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Adeia compare to Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C?

Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) are both mid-cap communication 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, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Adeia has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C. Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$3.54	N/A
Adeia	$443.39M	7.21	$111.07M	$1.08	26.83

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C's net margin of 0.00%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adeia	26.50%	39.49%	16.61%

In the previous week, Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C both had 1 articles in the media. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C's score of -2.00 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C	Very Negative
Adeia	Positive

60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Adeia shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Adeia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the broader market.

Adeia has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adeia is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Adeia beats Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Adeia compare to KT?

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and KT (NYSE:KT) are both mid-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to KT's net margin of 5.51%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat KT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adeia	26.50%	39.49%	16.61%
KT	5.51%	8.04%	3.63%

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of KT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Adeia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of KT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Adeia pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. KT pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Adeia pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KT pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Adeia has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, KT has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the broader market.

Adeia currently has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. KT has a consensus target price of $23.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Given KT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KT is more favorable than Adeia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
KT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

KT has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Adeia	$443.39M	7.21	$111.07M	$1.08	26.83
KT	$19.88B	0.44	$1.20B	$2.26	8.02

In the previous week, KT had 1 more articles in the media than Adeia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for KT and 1 mentions for Adeia. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat KT's score of -1.77 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adeia	Positive
KT	Very Negative

Summary

Adeia beats KT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Adeia compare to Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A?

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (NASDAQ:LLYVA) are both mid-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Adeia has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A. Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Adeia	$443.39M	7.21	$111.07M	$1.08	26.83
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$3.54	N/A

Adeia has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the broader market.

97.4% of Adeia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.1% of Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Adeia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Adeia and Adeia both had 1 articles in the media. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A's score of -2.00 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adeia	Positive
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A	Very Negative

Adeia has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A's net margin of 0.00%. Adeia's return on equity of 39.49% beat Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adeia	26.50%	39.49%	16.61%
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Adeia presently has a consensus target price of $33.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adeia is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Summary

Adeia beats Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ADEA vs. The Competition

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Metric	Adeia	Technology Services Industry	Business Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$3.20B	$3.99B	$6.64B	$11.99B
Dividend Yield	0.69%	2.13%	3.04%	5.55%
P/E Ratio	26.83	26.26	23.03	21.86
Price / Sales	7.21	47.40	393.28	112.45
Price / Cash	14.39	39.61	23.50	54.60
Price / Book	6.60	4.80	5.85	6.35
Net Income	$111.07M	$31.87M	$207.10M	$337.59M
7 Day Performance	8.46%	-1.79%	-0.78%	-2.51%
1 Month Performance	-0.47%	-4.78%	-0.82%	-0.69%
1 Year Performance	116.27%	23.18%	32.48%	25.37%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
ADEA Adeia	4.3726 of 5 stars	$28.98 -10.4%	$33.60 +15.9%	+117.9%	$3.20B	$443.39M	26.83	120	Options Volume
TIMB TIM	4.935 of 5 stars	$22.08 +1.1%	$25.90 +17.3%	+20.1%	$10.69B	$27.04B	13.46	8,706
GSAT Globalstar	1.5692 of 5 stars	$82.64 +0.2%	$69.00 -16.5%	+313.0%	$10.64B	$283.02M	N/A	330	News Coverage
LLYVK Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C	0.2421 of 5 stars	$97.91 -3.0%	N/A	+20.7%	$9.01B	$398.51M	N/A	6,800	Negative News
KT KT	4.3029 of 5 stars	$18.64 +2.3%	$23.08 +23.8%	-7.8%	$8.99B	$19.88B	7.42	14,701	Negative News Gap Down

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