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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
InterDigital beats F5 on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:IDCC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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