AudioCodes (AUDC) Competitors

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

Is ADTN or AUDC a better dividend stock?

ADTRAN pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. AudioCodes pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ADTRAN pays out -5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AudioCodes pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ADTRAN is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.30%. AudioCodes has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.43%. Given AudioCodes' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AudioCodes is more favorable than ADTRAN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADTRAN	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
AudioCodes	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN received 94 more outperform votes than AudioCodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.08% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 57.16% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADTRAN	Outperform Votes 443 57.16%	Underperform Votes 332 42.84%
AudioCodes	Outperform Votes 349 71.08%	Underperform Votes 142 28.92%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ADTN or AUDC?

80.6% of ADTRAN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADTN or AUDC more profitable?

AudioCodes has a net margin of 5.61% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -58.64%. AudioCodes' return on equity of 10.42% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADTRAN	-58.64%	-29.26%	-8.54%
AudioCodes	5.61%	10.42%	5.78%

Which has more risk & volatility, ADTN or AUDC?

ADTRAN has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ADTN or AUDC?

In the previous week, ADTRAN had 3 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ADTRAN and 2 mentions for AudioCodes. AudioCodes' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.76 indicating that AudioCodes 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AudioCodes	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADTN or AUDC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ADTRAN	$949.97M	0.46	-$267.69M	-$6.88	-0.80
AudioCodes	$245.53M	1.14	$8.78M	$0.36	25.56

Summary

AudioCodes beats ADTRAN on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.