AUDC vs. ADTN, NTGR, CLFD, AKTS, DZSI, INFN, PRCH, IZM, CTV, and AEHR
Should you be buying AudioCodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AudioCodes include ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), Clearfield (CLFD), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), DZS (DZSI), Infinera (INFN), Porch Group (PRCH), ICZOOM Group (IZM), Innovid (CTV), and Aehr Test Systems (AEHR).
ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of ADTRAN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 3 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ADTRAN and 1 mentions for AudioCodes. AudioCodes' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.00 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ADTRAN currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 125.81%. AudioCodes has a consensus target price of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Given AudioCodes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than AudioCodes.
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AudioCodes has a net margin of 3.59% compared to AudioCodes' net margin of -21.80%. ADTRAN's return on equity of 7.35% beat AudioCodes' return on equity.
AudioCodes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ADTRAN received 95 more outperform votes than AudioCodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.87% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 57.56% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.
Summary
AudioCodes beats ADTRAN on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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