ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility & risk, ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADTN or CALX more profitable?

Calix has a net margin of -3.58% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. Calix's return on equity of -3.43% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%

Does the media favor ADTN or CALX?

In the previous week, Calix had 17 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Calix and 7 mentions for ADTRAN. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Calix's score of 1.10 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calix	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN received 91 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.60% of users gave Calix an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 452 57.58%	Underperform Votes 333 42.42%
Calix	Outperform Votes 361 58.60%	Underperform Votes 255 41.40%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ADTN or CALX?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ADTRAN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ADTN or CALX?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.97%. Calix has a consensus target price of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Calix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ADTN or CALX?

Calix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADTRAN, 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	$922.72M	0.69	-$267.69M	-$5.69	-1.39
Calix	$825.45M	3.27	-$29.75M	-$0.52	-80.13

Summary

Calix beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.