Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Competitors

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate VIAV or CSIQ?

Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $12.69, indicating a potential upside of 37.01%. Canadian Solar has a consensus price target of $16.77, indicating a potential upside of 53.40%. Given Canadian Solar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Solar is more favorable than Viavi Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viavi Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Canadian Solar	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VIAV or CSIQ?

Viavi Solutions received 143 more outperform votes than Canadian Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.46% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Viavi Solutions	Outperform Votes 682 67.46%	Underperform Votes 329 32.54%
Canadian Solar	Outperform Votes 539 58.08%	Underperform Votes 389 41.92%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VIAV or CSIQ?

95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VIAV or CSIQ?

Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Canadian Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viavi Solutions, 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
Viavi Solutions	$1.05B	1.98	-$25.80M	$0.02	463.00
Canadian Solar	$5.99B	0.12	$274.19M	-$0.50	-21.86

Which has more volatility & risk, VIAV or CSIQ?

Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VIAV or CSIQ?

In the previous week, Canadian Solar had 19 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Canadian Solar and 5 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Canadian Solar's score of 0.54 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Viavi Solutions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Solar	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VIAV or CSIQ more profitable?

Canadian Solar has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -3.87%. Viavi Solutions' return on equity of 2.90% beat Canadian Solar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viavi Solutions	-3.87%	2.90%	1.16%
Canadian Solar	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%

Summary

Viavi Solutions beats Canadian Solar on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.