VIAV vs. QRVO, TSEM, SITM, OLED, PI, LPL, ALGM, PL, WOLF, and COMM
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Qorvo (QRVO), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), Universal Display (OLED), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Wolfspeed (WOLF), and CommScope (COMM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Viavi Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Qorvo (NASDAQ:QRVO) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Qorvo had 1 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Qorvo and 7 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Qorvo's score of 0.70 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.6% of Qorvo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Qorvo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Qorvo's net margin of 2.21%. Qorvo's return on equity of 12.63% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
Qorvo has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Qorvo currently has a consensus price target of $95.35, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $13.72, suggesting a potential upside of 7.92%. Given Qorvo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Qorvo is more favorable than Viavi Solutions.
Qorvo has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qorvo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Qorvo beats Viavi Solutions on 9 of the 16 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 VIAV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
