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AVNW vs. HLIT, NTGR, RBBN, ADTN, KVHI, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, and PANW

Should you be buying Aviat Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aviat Networks include Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ADTRAN (ADTN), KVH Industries (KVHI), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), and Palo Alto Networks (PANW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Aviat Networks vs. Its Competitors

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

Harmonic has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Harmonic currently has a consensus target price of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. Aviat Networks has a consensus target price of $37.60, indicating a potential upside of 52.78%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

In the previous week, Harmonic and Harmonic both had 5 articles in the media. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Harmonic's score of 1.04 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)
Positive

Harmonic has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Aviat Networks' net margin of -0.53%. Harmonic's return on equity of 18.28% beat Aviat Networks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harmonic7.72% 18.28% 10.41%
Aviat Networks -0.53%5.06%2.18%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harmonic$678.72M1.63$39.22M$0.4521.71
Aviat Networks$408.08M0.77$10.76M-$0.20-123.05

Summary

Harmonic beats Aviat Networks on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AVNW vs. The Competition

MetricAviat NetworksWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$313.29M$13.49B$27.29B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%2.94%4.12%
P/E Ratio-123.0538.0435.9819.89
Price / Sales0.77254.552,034.51166.23
Price / Cash8.2018.4137.9957.06
Price / Book1.2126.797.055.39
Net Income$10.76M$203.49M$762.35M$248.50M
7 Day Performance2.58%-1.47%3.04%2.96%
1 Month Performance13.88%14.37%6.46%6.02%
1 Year Performance-11.12%35.26%52,212.23%20.44%

Aviat Networks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.2498 of 5 stars
$24.61
-0.9%
$37.60
+52.8%
-10.3%$313.29M$408.08M-123.05710
HLIT
Harmonic
4.2228 of 5 stars
$9.06
+2.0%
$12.33
+36.1%
-17.3%$1.02B$678.72M20.131,240Positive News
NTGR
NETGEAR
3.2808 of 5 stars
$27.93
+5.2%
$29.00
+3.8%
+98.0%$803.83M$673.76M34.06690Positive News
RBBN
Ribbon Communications
4.6933 of 5 stars
$3.94
+1.5%
$5.88
+49.1%
+26.7%$695.57M$833.88M-13.593,052
ADTN
ADTRAN
2.8282 of 5 stars
$8.46
+7.2%
$12.00
+41.8%
+78.5%$676.63M$922.72M-4.983,234Positive News
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.4965 of 5 stars
$5.44
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N/A+23.8%$106.62M$113.83M-11.10650
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.0498 of 5 stars
$2.59
+16.1%
$4.75
+83.4%
-24.3%$76.15M$540.40M-0.261,676
AWRE
Aware
0.8537 of 5 stars
$1.86
-0.5%
N/A-5.2%$39.23M$17.39M-7.4480
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7503 of 5 stars
$67.38
+1.6%
$69.11
+2.6%
+45.4%$266.82B$53.80B27.5090,400Trending News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9285 of 5 stars
$153.14
+1.2%
$186.96
+22.1%
-20.3%$168.15B$38.96B15.5949,000Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.5002 of 5 stars
$203.32
+2.0%
$208.00
+2.3%
+15.9%$135.57B$8.03B116.1815,289Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AVNW) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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