InterDigital (IDCC) Competitors

InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IDCC or FFIV?

99.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, IDCC or FFIV?

InterDigital has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer IDCC or FFIV?

InterDigital presently has a consensus price target of $160.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.91%. F5 has a consensus price target of $282.56, suggesting a potential downside of 3.53%. Given F5's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe F5 is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterDigital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
F5	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor IDCC or FFIV?

In the previous week, InterDigital had 14 more articles in the media than F5. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for InterDigital and 14 mentions for F5. F5's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat InterDigital's score of 0.92 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
InterDigital	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
F5	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IDCC or FFIV more profitable?

InterDigital has a net margin of 41.29% compared to F5's net margin of 20.58%. InterDigital's return on equity of 51.55% beat F5's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterDigital	41.29%	51.55%	21.35%
F5	20.58%	20.98%	11.57%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IDCC or FFIV?

F5 has higher revenue and earnings than InterDigital. InterDigital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, 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
InterDigital	$815.48M	7.06	$358.61M	$12.61	17.60
F5	$2.94B	5.72	$566.78M	$10.54	27.79

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDCC or FFIV?

F5 received 836 more outperform votes than InterDigital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InterDigital	Outperform Votes 464 62.37%	Underperform Votes 280 37.63%
F5	Outperform Votes 1300 66.46%	Underperform Votes 656 33.54%

Summary

InterDigital beats F5 on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.