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CALX vs. CIEN, SATS, IDCC, EXTR, VSAT, 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), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Ciena has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Calix's net margin of -4.20%. 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 -4.20%-4.14%-3.44%

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

Ciena has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$4.01B2.99$83.96M$0.72118.10
Calix$831.52M4.19-$29.75M-$0.52-103.33

In the previous week, Calix had 1 more articles in the media than Ciena. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Calix and 18 mentions for Ciena. Calix's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ciena's score of 0.80 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ciena currently has a consensus price target of $85.54, indicating a potential upside of 0.60%. Calix has a consensus price target of $50.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.39%. Given Ciena's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ciena is more favorable than Calix.

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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Ciena beats Calix on 10 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$3.43B$18.17B$28.69B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.82%3.07%3.65%
P/E Ratio-103.3372.1143.9226.34
Price / Sales4.1976.951,807.2659.22
Price / CashN/A93.3238.0622.29
Price / Book4.568.757.634.66
Net Income-$29.75M$337.83M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance6.44%4.62%2.35%-0.29%
1 Month Performance14.04%10.23%7.48%4.91%
1 Year Performance48.84%59.68%52,761.55%10.53%

Calix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALX
Calix
2.4925 of 5 stars
$53.73
+1.5%
$50.83
-5.4%
+43.8%$3.43B$831.52M-103.331,820News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CIEN
Ciena
4.1986 of 5 stars
$84.24
+2.0%
$84.08
-0.2%
+68.5%$11.91B$4.01B116.998,657Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SATS
EchoStar
0.4886 of 5 stars
$29.09
-1.7%
$24.70
-15.1%
+42.3%$8.36B$15.83B-38.7913,700
IDCC
InterDigital
2.1944 of 5 stars
$228.88
+1.1%
$160.00
-30.1%
+86.1%$5.94B$868.52M18.15420Positive News
EXTR
Extreme Networks
2.9803 of 5 stars
$17.05
+1.6%
$18.92
+10.9%
+24.9%$2.27B$1.12B-41.592,656
VSAT
Viasat
3.7726 of 5 stars
$15.35
+1.8%
$19.00
+23.8%
-1.7%$2.00B$4.52B-3.457,000News Coverage
BELFB
Bel Fuse
3.0268 of 5 stars
$98.77
+0.5%
$106.60
+7.9%
+45.9%$1.25B$534.79M28.715,370Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
DGII
Digi International
1.1903 of 5 stars
$33.14
+0.9%
$35.67
+7.6%
+31.8%$1.23B$424.05M29.33790News Coverage
HLIT
Harmonic
4.3902 of 5 stars
$9.12
+1.2%
$12.33
+35.2%
-25.9%$1.03B$678.72M20.271,240
NTGR
NETGEAR
2.9523 of 5 stars
$29.01
-1.3%
$29.00
0.0%
+81.5%$834.91M$673.76M35.38690Positive News
Gap Up
ADTN
ADTRAN
2.6829 of 5 stars
$9.66
+9.2%
$12.00
+24.2%
+50.6%$772.61M$922.72M-5.683,234News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:CALX) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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