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CALX vs. JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, EXTR, VSAT, INFN, DGII, BELFB, and HLIT

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

Calix vs. Its Competitors

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

Juniper Networks presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.13%. Calix has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.76%. Given Juniper Networks' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Juniper Networks is more favorable than Calix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Juniper Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Calix
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Juniper Networks has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Calix's net margin of -4.20%. Juniper Networks' return on equity of 8.71% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Juniper Networks6.78% 8.71% 4.18%
Calix -4.20%-4.14%-3.44%

In the previous week, Juniper Networks had 5 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Juniper Networks and 3 mentions for Calix. Calix's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Juniper Networks' score of 0.50 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Juniper Networks
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Calix
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.9% of Juniper Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Juniper Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Juniper Networks$5.20B2.57$287.90M$1.0538.05
Calix$831.52M4.10-$29.75M-$0.52-101.12

Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Juniper Networks beats Calix 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 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$3.46B$18.20B$27.52B$20.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.13%3.76%
P/E Ratio-101.1265.2746.7026.72
Price / Sales4.1074.941,946.8940.48
Price / CashN/A93.5838.4122.26
Price / Book4.468.657.184.58
Net Income-$29.75M$339.44M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.36%2.93%2.13%1.31%
1 Month Performance9.34%2.48%5.72%4.85%
1 Year Performance52.63%62.14%52,367.21%14.09%

Calix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALX
Calix
2.3603 of 5 stars
$52.58
-1.5%
$48.50
-7.8%
+55.0%$3.46B$831.52M-101.121,820Analyst Forecast
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.6002 of 5 stars
$39.99
+0.2%
$40.00
+0.0%
N/A$13.37B$5.07B38.093,519High Trading Volume
CIEN
Ciena
4.2633 of 5 stars
$79.49
-0.8%
$83.15
+4.6%
+71.3%$11.24B$4.01B110.408,657Analyst Upgrade
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SATS
EchoStar
0.4448 of 5 stars
$29.49
+4.0%
$24.70
-16.2%
+69.2%$8.47B$15.83B-39.3213,700
IDCC
InterDigital
1.6096 of 5 stars
$221.60
-0.1%
$160.00
-27.8%
+87.8%$5.75B$868.52M17.57420Insider Trade
EXTR
Extreme Networks
2.7791 of 5 stars
$18.45
+0.1%
$18.92
+2.5%
+42.5%$2.46B$1.12B-45.002,656
VSAT
Viasat
3.4702 of 5 stars
$15.21
+2.7%
$19.00
+24.9%
+10.7%$1.98B$4.52B-3.427,000Positive News
INFN
Infinera
N/A$6.64
flat
$6.43
-3.1%
N/A$1.57B$1.46B-13.833,220
DGII
Digi International
1.1454 of 5 stars
$35.57
+1.0%
$35.67
+0.3%
+53.0%$1.32B$424.05M31.48790Positive News
BELFB
Bel Fuse
3.2735 of 5 stars
$98.83
+3.5%
$103.60
+4.8%
+56.1%$1.25B$534.79M28.735,370
HLIT
Harmonic
4.2391 of 5 stars
$9.77
-0.5%
$12.33
+26.2%
-14.0%$1.10B$678.72M21.711,240News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:CALX) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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