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IDCC vs. FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, CALX, EXTR, VSAT, INFN, DGII, and BELFB

Should you be buying InterDigital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterDigital include F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), and Bel Fuse (BELFB). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

InterDigital vs. Its Competitors

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

F5 presently has a consensus price target of $282.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.58%. InterDigital has a consensus price target of $160.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.80%. Given F5's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe F5 is more favorable than InterDigital.

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

90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of InterDigital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, F5 had 4 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for F5 and 10 mentions for InterDigital. F5's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat InterDigital's score of 1.28 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
F5
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
InterDigital
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

InterDigital has a net margin of 48.14% compared to F5's net margin of 21.14%. InterDigital's return on equity of 50.51% beat F5's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
F521.14% 21.18% 11.77%
InterDigital 48.14%50.51%22.99%

F5 has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
F5$2.82B6.04$566.78M$10.5428.09
InterDigital$868.52M6.62$358.61M$12.6117.57

Summary

InterDigital beats F5 on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IDCC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IDCC vs. The Competition

MetricInterDigitalWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.75B$13.53B$27.19B$8.87B
Dividend Yield1.08%1.57%3.15%4.10%
P/E Ratio17.5738.1036.0419.90
Price / Sales6.62254.752,037.69113.66
Price / Cash12.5718.4137.6556.90
Price / Book6.5526.797.055.38
Net Income$358.61M$203.49M$763.02M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-3.86%-1.50%3.10%2.97%
1 Month Performance2.42%14.34%6.51%6.02%
1 Year Performance87.18%35.29%52,212.28%20.39%

InterDigital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDCC
InterDigital
2.0386 of 5 stars
$221.60
-0.1%
$160.00
-27.8%
+90.8%$5.75B$868.52M17.57420Positive News
Insider Trade
FFIV
F5
4.0006 of 5 stars
$295.09
+2.8%
$282.56
-4.2%
+72.9%$16.95B$2.94B28.006,557Positive News
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.6099 of 5 stars
$36.31
+0.8%
$40.00
+10.2%
+8.7%$12.14B$5.07B34.583,519Trending News
Trading Halted
CIEN
Ciena
4.2979 of 5 stars
$75.57
+1.4%
$83.15
+10.0%
+67.8%$10.68B$4.01B104.968,657Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SATS
EchoStar
0.5679 of 5 stars
$25.15
+0.1%
$24.70
-1.8%
+60.1%$7.23B$15.83B-33.5313,700
CALX
Calix
2.3051 of 5 stars
$48.33
+1.8%
$48.50
+0.3%
+50.2%$3.13B$831.52M-92.951,820Insider Trade
EXTR
Extreme Networks
2.7277 of 5 stars
$17.20
+3.4%
$18.92
+10.0%
+40.4%$2.29B$1.12B-41.952,656Insider Trade
VSAT
Viasat
3.5069 of 5 stars
$12.83
-0.5%
$19.00
+48.1%
+17.7%$1.67B$4.52B-2.887,000
INFN
Infinera
N/A$6.64
flat
$6.52
-1.8%
N/A$1.57B$1.46B-13.833,220
DGII
Digi International
1.308 of 5 stars
$34.00
+3.3%
$35.67
+4.9%
+53.8%$1.26B$424.05M30.09790Positive News
BELFB
Bel Fuse
2.3822 of 5 stars
$93.31
+3.1%
$99.60
+6.7%
+47.0%$1.18B$534.79M27.135,370Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:IDCC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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