VIAV vs. NXT, QRVO, OLED, LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, PI, LPL, 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), Universal Display (OLED), Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), 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 mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Viavi Solutions received 588 more outperform votes than Nextracker when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.31% of users gave Nextracker an outperform vote while only 67.46% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote.
Nextracker has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -3.87%. Nextracker's return on equity of 41.22% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Nextracker shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Nextracker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextracker has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $12.69, indicating a potential upside of 35.41%. Nextracker has a consensus price target of $60.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.30%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Nextracker.
In the previous week, Nextracker had 7 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nextracker and 6 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Nextracker's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.55 indicating that Nextracker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nextracker beats Viavi Solutions on 15 of the 19 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:VIAV) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
