ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate EXTR or ADTN?

Extreme Networks presently has a consensus price target of $22.92, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.93%. Given ADTRAN's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Extreme Networks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Extreme Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, EXTR or ADTN?

Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EXTR or ADTN?

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
Extreme Networks	$1.14B	2.33	-$7.47M	-$0.05	-399.20
ADTRAN	$922.72M	0.75	-$459.89M	-$1.31	-6.64

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EXTR or ADTN?

91.1% of Extreme Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Extreme Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of ADTRAN 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.

Does the media favor EXTR or ADTN?

In the previous week, Extreme Networks had 4 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Extreme Networks and 4 mentions for ADTRAN. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Extreme Networks' score of 1.09 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Extreme Networks	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ADTRAN	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is EXTR or ADTN more profitable?

Extreme Networks has a net margin of -0.65% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -11.02%. Extreme Networks' return on equity of 82.47% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Extreme Networks	-0.65%	82.47%	4.18%
ADTRAN	-11.02%	-10.09%	-1.35%

Summary

Extreme Networks beats ADTRAN on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.