ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

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

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

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Extreme Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of ADTRAN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Extreme Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.25%. Extreme Networks has a consensus price target of $18.58, indicating a potential upside of 16.88%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Extreme Networks.

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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Extreme Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ADTN or EXTR more profitable?

Extreme Networks has a net margin of -11.98% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -56.95%. ADTRAN's return on equity of -38.62% beat Extreme Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-56.95%	-38.62%	-8.96%
Extreme Networks	-11.98%	-110.86%	-4.53%

Does the media favor ADTN or EXTR?

In the previous week, Extreme Networks had 3 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Extreme Networks and 5 mentions for ADTRAN. Extreme Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.68 indicating that Extreme Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADTRAN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Extreme Networks	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADTN or EXTR?

Extreme Networks has higher revenue and earnings than ADTRAN. Extreme Networks 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	$944.29M	0.68	-$267.69M	-$1.70	-4.73
Extreme Networks	$1.09B	1.94	-$85.96M	-$0.41	-38.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADTN or EXTR?

Extreme Networks received 23 more outperform votes than ADTRAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.69% of users gave Extreme Networks an outperform vote while only 57.63% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 453 57.63%	Underperform Votes 333 42.37%
Extreme Networks	Outperform Votes 476 69.69%	Underperform Votes 207 30.31%

Which has more volatility & risk, ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Extreme Networks beats ADTRAN on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.