INFN vs. NTGR, CLFD, ADTN, AUDC, PUBM, FORTY, MODN, DGII, BHE, and GOGO
Should you be buying Infinera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Infinera include NETGEAR (NTGR), Clearfield (CLFD), ADTRAN (ADTN), AudioCodes (AUDC), PubMatic (PUBM), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Model N (MODN), Digi International (DGII), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Gogo (GOGO).
Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) and NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Infinera has higher revenue and earnings than NETGEAR. Infinera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NETGEAR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Infinera has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NETGEAR has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.5% of Infinera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of NETGEAR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Infinera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of NETGEAR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Infinera has a net margin of -0.28% compared to NETGEAR's net margin of -14.14%. Infinera's return on equity of 1.73% beat NETGEAR's return on equity.
Infinera presently has a consensus price target of $6.85, suggesting a potential upside of 35.11%. NETGEAR has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given NETGEAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NETGEAR is more favorable than Infinera.
In the previous week, Infinera had 4 more articles in the media than NETGEAR. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Infinera and 1 mentions for NETGEAR. Infinera's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat NETGEAR's score of 0.00 indicating that Infinera is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Infinera received 316 more outperform votes than NETGEAR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.74% of users gave Infinera an outperform vote while only 60.47% of users gave NETGEAR an outperform vote.
Summary
Infinera beats NETGEAR on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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