VIAV vs. NXT, QRVO, LITE, OLED, ALGM, TSEM, SITM, 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), Lumentum (LITE), Universal Display (OLED), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), 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
Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both mid-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Nextracker has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.4% of Nextracker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nextracker 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nextracker currently has a consensus price target of $64.37, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $13.31, indicating a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Nextracker.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Viavi Solutions had 19 more articles in the media than Nextracker. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Viavi Solutions and 12 mentions for Nextracker. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Nextracker's score of 0.96 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nextracker beats Viavi Solutions on 11 of the 17 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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This page (NASDAQ:VIAV) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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