CommScope (COMM) Competitors

CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of COMM or LITE?

88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of CommScope shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lumentum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, COMM or LITE?

CommScope has higher revenue and earnings than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, 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
CommScope	$4.21B	0.45	-$315.50M	$2.73	3.18
Lumentum	$1.36B	4.72	-$546.50M	-$6.45	-14.34

Do analysts prefer COMM or LITE?

CommScope currently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential downside of 43.90%. Lumentum has a consensus price target of $84.93, suggesting a potential downside of 8.18%. Given Lumentum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumentum is more favorable than CommScope.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CommScope	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
Lumentum	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has more risk and volatility, COMM or LITE?

CommScope has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to COMM or LITE?

In the previous week, CommScope had 2 more articles in the media than Lumentum. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CommScope and 4 mentions for Lumentum. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat CommScope's score of -0.06 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CommScope	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumentum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is COMM or LITE more profitable?

CommScope has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -29.87%. CommScope's return on equity of -4.51% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CommScope	16.89%	-4.51%	1.68%
Lumentum	-29.87%	-8.69%	-1.98%

Summary

CommScope beats Lumentum on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.