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VIAV vs. NXT, QRVO, TSEM, SITM, OLED, ALGM, PI, LPL, COMM, and SIMO

Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), Universal Display (OLED), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Viavi Solutions vs. Its Competitors

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Viavi Solutions$1.08B2.55$34.80M$0.1677.38
Nextracker$2.96B3.66$509.17M$3.6719.93

Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextracker has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Nextracker had 20 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Nextracker and 4 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Nextracker's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.89 indicating that Nextracker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viavi Solutions
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nextracker
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Nextracker shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Nextracker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nextracker has a net margin of 17.55% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of 3.21%. Nextracker's return on equity of 37.02% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viavi Solutions3.21% 8.02% 3.14%
Nextracker 17.55%37.02%18.44%

Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Nextracker has a consensus price target of $65.84, indicating a potential downside of 9.98%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Nextracker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viavi Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Nextracker
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Nextracker beats Viavi Solutions 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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VIAV vs. The Competition

MetricViavi SolutionsCommunications Components IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.73B$5.74B$32.50B$10.46B
Dividend YieldN/A2.34%3.15%4.57%
P/E Ratio77.3876.47453.3026.86
Price / Sales2.552.632,035.08125.65
Price / Cash19.1623.3235.7331.15
Price / Book3.552.967.436.50
Net Income$34.80M$16.91M$809.78M$271.25M
7 Day Performance1.73%2.01%4.20%3.22%
1 Month Performance11.53%13.90%7.98%8.11%
1 Year Performance46.16%50.95%24,249.34%26.42%

Viavi Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.6401 of 5 stars
$12.38
+1.1%
$13.50
+9.0%
+47.7%$2.73B$1.08B77.383,600Positive News
NXT
Nextracker
2.3115 of 5 stars
$67.64
+1.4%
$65.00
-3.9%
+99.5%$9.87B$2.96B18.431,300Analyst Downgrade
QRVO
Qorvo
4.0559 of 5 stars
$86.41
-0.5%
$95.35
+10.3%
-5.8%$8.04B$3.65B101.666,200Positive News
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor
2.9602 of 5 stars
$65.99
-0.1%
$66.00
+0.0%
+64.4%$7.32B$1.44B37.935,359
SITM
SiTime
1.2698 of 5 stars
$279.13
+7.4%
$243.33
-12.8%
+85.8%$6.76B$202.70M-80.21380
OLED
Universal Display
4.1677 of 5 stars
$134.16
-1.7%
$190.43
+41.9%
-32.2%$6.49B$647.68M26.20440Positive News
ALGM
Allegro MicroSystems
2.9283 of 5 stars
$29.87
+0.2%
$36.78
+23.1%
+38.5%$5.51B$725.01M-80.732,300Positive News
PI
Impinj
2.872 of 5 stars
$190.81
+6.7%
$167.57
-12.2%
-5.5%$5.20B$366.09M19,100.10390
LPL
LG Display
0.9686 of 5 stars
$4.50
+0.9%
N/A+20.1%$4.46B$19.51B-10.7160,792High Trading Volume
COMM
CommScope
4.2838 of 5 stars
$16.65
+2.1%
$14.75
-11.4%
+173.6%$3.61B$4.21B6.2620,000Positive News
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
3.2028 of 5 stars
$90.01
+1.4%
$87.78
-2.5%
+72.9%$3.02B$803.55M37.981,819

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This page (NASDAQ:VIAV) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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