ADTRAN (ADTN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADTN or EXTR?

Extreme Networks received 24 more outperform votes than ADTRAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.74% 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 477 69.74%	Underperform Votes 207 30.26%

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%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.66	-$267.69M	-$1.70	-4.60
Extreme Networks	$1.09B	2.04	-$85.96M	-$0.41	-40.73

Which has more volatility & risk, ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ADTN or EXTR?

In the previous week, ADTRAN had 1 more articles in the media than Extreme Networks. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ADTRAN and 2 mentions for Extreme Networks. Extreme Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.29 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Extreme Networks	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ADTN or EXTR?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.45%. Extreme Networks has a consensus price target of $18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Summary

Extreme Networks beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.