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HLIT vs. AUDC, CLFD, ANET, OOMA, CALX, VSAT, EXTR, BELFB, DGII, and NTGR

Should you be buying Harmonic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmonic include AudioCodes (AUDC), Clearfield (CLFD), Arista Networks (ANET), Ooma (OOMA), Calix (CALX), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), and NETGEAR (NTGR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Harmonic vs. Its Competitors

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Harmonic presently has a consensus price target of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.20%. AudioCodes has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.34%. Given AudioCodes' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AudioCodes is more favorable than Harmonic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harmonic
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
AudioCodes
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Harmonic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by company 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.

Harmonic has a net margin of 9.96% compared to AudioCodes' net margin of 5.66%. Harmonic's return on equity of 17.83% beat AudioCodes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harmonic9.96% 17.83% 10.23%
AudioCodes 5.66%9.65%5.45%

In the previous week, Harmonic had 3 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Harmonic and 3 mentions for AudioCodes. AudioCodes' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Harmonic's score of 0.94 indicating that AudioCodes 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)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AudioCodes
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Harmonic has higher revenue and earnings than AudioCodes. Harmonic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harmonic$678.72M1.68$39.22M$0.5917.02
AudioCodes$242.18M1.15$15.31M$0.4521.49

Harmonic has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Harmonic beats AudioCodes on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLIT vs. The Competition

MetricHarmonicCommunications Components IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.14B$5.78B$32.03B$10.42B
Dividend YieldN/A2.40%3.19%4.69%
P/E Ratio17.0276.34450.5926.39
Price / Sales1.682.561,925.48125.20
Price / Cash14.3023.1534.9330.68
Price / Book2.522.927.256.40
Net Income$39.22M$16.91M$815.14M$276.69M
7 Day Performance-2.43%-2.95%-0.71%-0.28%
1 Month Performance4.37%8.03%7.07%6.69%
1 Year Performance-30.71%39.95%24,243.97%27.62%

Harmonic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLIT
Harmonic
3.9257 of 5 stars
$10.04
-0.2%
$11.67
+16.2%
-30.6%$1.14B$678.72M17.021,240
AUDC
AudioCodes
3.9838 of 5 stars
$10.24
+1.0%
$11.25
+9.9%
-0.6%$290.79M$242.18M22.76880Positive News
CLFD
Clearfield
2.1019 of 5 stars
$34.06
+0.3%
$47.50
+39.5%
-13.3%$468.99M$166.71M3,406.001,130
ANET
Arista Networks
4.8845 of 5 stars
$145.51
-2.7%
$157.88
+8.5%
+49.9%$188.04B$7.00B57.234,412Positive News
OOMA
Ooma
3.1192 of 5 stars
$13.15
+2.7%
$17.63
+34.0%
+9.3%$353.28M$256.85M-187.831,186Positive News
CALX
Calix
2.3859 of 5 stars
$63.61
+1.2%
$64.00
+0.6%
+60.2%$4.11B$831.52M-159.021,820
VSAT
Viasat
3.5436 of 5 stars
$29.84
+0.8%
$21.43
-28.2%
+137.5%$3.98B$4.52B-6.467,000
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.1941 of 5 stars
$22.22
-0.4%
$22.92
+3.1%
+34.8%$2.97B$1.14B-444.402,811Positive News
BELFB
Bel Fuse
3.6328 of 5 stars
$146.51
+3.1%
$136.80
-6.6%
+84.4%$1.80B$534.79M35.915,370Analyst Downgrade
DGII
Digi International
2.3993 of 5 stars
$37.31
-0.7%
$38.75
+3.9%
+36.4%$1.39B$424.05M32.73790
NTGR
NETGEAR
3.7851 of 5 stars
$28.70
-1.4%
$33.00
+15.0%
+47.3%$844.73M$673.76M13.29690Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HLIT) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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