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CALX vs. CIEN, SATS, IDCC, VSAT, EXTR, BELFB, DGII, HLIT, NTGR, and ADTN

Should you be buying Calix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calix include Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), and ADTRAN (ADTN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Calix vs. Its Competitors

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ciena$4.01B3.35$83.96M$0.72132.24
Calix$831.52M4.45-$29.75M-$0.40-141.58

Ciena currently has a consensus target price of $85.54, suggesting a potential downside of 10.16%. Calix has a consensus target price of $59.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Calix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than Ciena.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ciena
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Calix
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Ciena has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

92.0% of Ciena shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ciena shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ciena has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.09%. Ciena's return on equity of 5.08% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ciena2.46% 5.08% 2.55%
Calix -3.09%-3.21%-2.68%

In the previous week, Ciena had 10 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ciena and 7 mentions for Calix. Ciena's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Calix's score of 1.05 indicating that Ciena is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ciena
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Calix
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ciena beats Calix on 12 of the 17 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 CALX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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CALX vs. The Competition

MetricCalixINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.71B$19.44B$29.51B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A3.11%3.11%3.67%
P/E Ratio-141.5873.7250.8728.65
Price / Sales4.45318.971,556.0269.00
Price / CashN/A85.6736.7223.59
Price / Book4.798.087.314.32
Net Income-$29.75M$344.92M$803.33M$995.66M
7 Day Performance1.04%1.57%1.13%1.91%
1 Month Performance7.71%-0.46%-0.75%-0.54%
1 Year Performance50.22%70.03%53,045.80%14.76%

Calix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALX
Calix
1.5903 of 5 stars
$56.63
-0.3%
$59.25
+4.6%
+53.5%$3.71B$831.52M-141.581,820Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.558 of 5 stars
$94.21
+3.0%
$85.54
-9.2%
+104.6%$13.32B$4.01B130.848,657Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
1.0283 of 5 stars
$26.99
+1.0%
$24.70
-8.5%
+40.5%$7.76B$15.83B-25.7013,700Earnings Report
IDCC
InterDigital
2.0303 of 5 stars
$270.25
+0.2%
$160.00
-40.8%
+95.0%$6.97B$868.52M19.26420Positive News
VSAT
Viasat
3.29 of 5 stars
$27.82
+30.7%
$20.13
-27.7%
+47.6%$3.73B$4.52B-6.257,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.7478 of 5 stars
$20.15
+14.0%
$18.92
-6.1%
+57.6%$2.68B$1.12B-49.152,656Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BELFB
Bel Fuse
2.9708 of 5 stars
$131.10
-0.5%
$113.60
-13.3%
+116.2%$1.66B$534.79M32.135,370Dividend Increase
DGII
Digi International
1.8368 of 5 stars
$31.95
+1.2%
$35.67
+11.6%
+38.4%$1.18B$424.05M28.27790Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HLIT
Harmonic
4.0598 of 5 stars
$8.70
-0.3%
$11.67
+34.1%
-32.2%$989.71M$678.72M14.751,240
NTGR
NETGEAR
3.9411 of 5 stars
$24.85
+3.8%
$29.00
+16.7%
+64.5%$720.90M$673.76M11.50690Positive News
ADTN
ADTRAN
3.0233 of 5 stars
$8.66
+7.0%
$12.00
+38.6%
+85.3%$692.63M$922.72M-5.093,234Earnings Report

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