ADTN vs. CLFD, RGP, AUDC, NTGR, BBCP, CTLP, RERE, GGR, SOS, and GDOT
Should you be buying ADTRAN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADTRAN include Clearfield (CLFD), Resources Connection (RGP), AudioCodes (AUDC), NETGEAR (NTGR), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Cantaloupe (CTLP), ATRenew (RERE), Gogoro (GGR), SOS (SOS), and Green Dot (GDOT).
ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 6 more articles in the media than Clearfield. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ADTRAN and 5 mentions for Clearfield. ADTRAN's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Clearfield's score of 0.01 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearfield has a net margin of 6.00% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -21.80%. Clearfield's return on equity of 4.22% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
Clearfield has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $11.13, suggesting a potential upside of 104.50%. Clearfield has a consensus target price of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 36.84%. Given ADTRAN's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Clearfield.
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearfield has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Clearfield shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Clearfield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ADTRAN received 145 more outperform votes than Clearfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.08% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.
Summary
Clearfield beats ADTRAN on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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