Calix (CALX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CALX or CIEN?

Calix currently has a consensus target price of $47.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.15%. Ciena has a consensus target price of $77.62, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. Given Calix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than Ciena.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Ciena	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CALX or CIEN?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CALX or CIEN?

Calix has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ciena has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CALX or CIEN?

Ciena received 887 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.28% of users gave Ciena an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calix	Outperform Votes 361 58.60%	Underperform Votes 255 41.40%
Ciena	Outperform Votes 1248 76.28%	Underperform Votes 388 23.72%

Is CALX or CIEN more profitable?

Ciena has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Ciena's return on equity of 4.72% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%
Ciena	2.09%	4.72%	2.42%

Does the media favor CALX or CIEN?

In the previous week, Calix had 8 more articles in the media than Ciena. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Calix and 16 mentions for Ciena. Ciena's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Calix's score of 1.10 indicating that Ciena is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calix	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ciena	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CALX or CIEN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calix	$825.45M	3.26	-$29.75M	-$0.52	-79.88
Ciena	$4.05B	2.53	$83.96M	$0.54	133.31

Summary

Ciena beats Calix on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.