Digi International (DGII) Competitors

Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CALX or DGII?

Digi International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calix. Calix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digi International, 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
Calix	$825.45M	3.69	-$29.75M	-$0.52	-90.41
Digi International	$418.62M	2.86	$22.50M	$1.13	28.60

Which has more risk and volatility, CALX or DGII?

Calix has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digi International has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CALX or DGII?

Calix currently has a consensus target price of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.74%. Digi International has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Digi International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Digi International is more favorable than Calix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Digi International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CALX or DGII?

98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Digi International shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Digi International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CALX or DGII?

Digi International received 100 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Digi International an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calix	Outperform Votes 361 58.60%	Underperform Votes 255 41.40%
Digi International	Outperform Votes 461 64.57%	Underperform Votes 253 35.43%

Is CALX or DGII more profitable?

Digi International has a net margin of 8.45% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Digi International's return on equity of 11.16% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%
Digi International	8.45%	11.16%	7.83%

Does the media prefer CALX or DGII?

In the previous week, Calix had 15 more articles in the media than Digi International. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Calix and 1 mentions for Digi International. Calix's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Digi International's score of 1.21 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calix	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Digi International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Calix and Digi International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.