CIEN vs. FN, RMBS, ARW, OLED, GNRC, MNDY, WCC, TIMB, NVT, and YNDX
Should you be buying Ciena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ciena include Fabrinet (FN), Rambus (RMBS), Arrow Electronics (ARW), Universal Display (OLED), Generac (GNRC), monday.com (MNDY), WESCO International (WCC), TIM (TIMB), nVent Electric (NVT), and Yandex (YNDX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ciena vs.
Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Fabrinet had 2 more articles in the media than Ciena. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fabrinet and 12 mentions for Ciena. Ciena's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Fabrinet's score of 0.28 indicating that Ciena is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.3% of Ciena shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ciena shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fabrinet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fabrinet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ciena. Fabrinet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ciena, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ciena has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ciena received 589 more outperform votes than Fabrinet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Ciena an outperform vote while only 74.97% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote.
Ciena currently has a consensus price target of $65.44, indicating a potential upside of 40.03%. Fabrinet has a consensus price target of $122.57, indicating a potential upside of 8.22%. Given Ciena's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ciena is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Fabrinet has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Ciena's net margin of 4.77%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.55% beat Ciena's return on equity.
Summary
Ciena beats Fabrinet on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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