Aviat Networks (AVNW) Competitors

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HLIT or AVNW?

Harmonic received 101 more outperform votes than Aviat Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.36% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harmonic	Outperform Votes 367 60.56%	Underperform Votes 239 39.44%
Aviat Networks	Outperform Votes 266 65.36%	Underperform Votes 141 34.64%

Do analysts recommend HLIT or AVNW?

Harmonic presently has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.61%. Aviat Networks has a consensus price target of $37.60, indicating a potential upside of 66.15%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than Harmonic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harmonic	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Aviat Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HLIT or AVNW?

99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Harmonic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HLIT or AVNW?

Harmonic has higher revenue and earnings than Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, 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
Harmonic	$689.80M	1.57	$39.22M	$0.45	21.31
Aviat Networks	$435.93M	0.66	$10.76M	-$0.20	-113.15

Is HLIT or AVNW more profitable?

Harmonic has a net margin of 5.78% compared to Aviat Networks' net margin of -0.56%. Harmonic's return on equity of 15.90% beat Aviat Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harmonic	5.78%	15.90%	8.96%
Aviat Networks	-0.56%	4.33%	1.98%

Does the media refer more to HLIT or AVNW?

In the previous week, Harmonic had 1 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Harmonic and 4 mentions for Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Harmonic's score of 0.99 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Harmonic	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aviat Networks	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HLIT or AVNW?

Harmonic has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Harmonic beats Aviat Networks on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.