VIAV vs. NXT, LITE, QRVO, OLED, TSEM, SITM, ALGM, PI, LPL, and COMM
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Nextracker (NXT), Lumentum (LITE), Qorvo (QRVO), Universal Display (OLED), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), and CommScope (COMM). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Nextracker has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Nextracker had 7 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Nextracker and 9 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Nextracker's score of 1.47 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.4% of Nextracker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nextracker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nextracker currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Nextracker.
Summary
Nextracker beats Viavi Solutions on 11 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
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 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
