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Plantronics (PLT) Competitors

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PLT vs. EXTR, BELFB, DGII, HLIT, NTGR, ADTN, RBBN, AVNW, KVHI, and CMTL

Should you be buying Plantronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plantronics include Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Aviat Networks (AVNW), KVH Industries (KVHI), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Plantronics vs. Its Competitors

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) and Plantronics (NYSE:PLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Extreme Networks had 3 more articles in the media than Plantronics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Extreme Networks and 1 mentions for Plantronics. Extreme Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Plantronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Extreme Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Extreme Networks Positive
Plantronics Neutral

Extreme Networks presently has a consensus target price of $22.92, suggesting a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Extreme Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Extreme Networks is more favorable than Plantronics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Extreme Networks
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Plantronics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Extreme Networks has a net margin of -0.65% compared to Plantronics' net margin of -3.32%. Extreme Networks' return on equity of 82.47% beat Plantronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Extreme Networks-0.65% 82.47% 4.18%
Plantronics -3.32%-107.89%5.62%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Extreme Networks$1.14B2.40-$7.47M-$0.05-409.24
Plantronics$1.73B0.47-$57.33M$3.176.06

91.1% of Extreme Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Plantronics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Extreme Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plantronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plantronics has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Extreme Networks beats Plantronics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PLT vs. The Competition

MetricPlantronicsTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$804.27M$1.39M$33.15B$22.00B
Dividend Yield2.12%N/A3.22%3.61%
P/E Ratio-13.26N/A95.9632.73
Price / Sales0.470.041,249.5691.60
Price / CashN/AN/A38.1324.48
Price / Book-9.960.007.484.67
Net Income-$57.33M-$8.13M$818.98M$1.02B

Plantronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLT
Plantronics
N/A$19.22
+0.1%
N/AN/A$804.27M$1.73B-13.268,200
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.9833 of 5 stars
$19.92
-0.1%
$22.92
+15.0%
+39.6%$2.67B$1.14B-398.402,811Upcoming Earnings
BELFB
Bel Fuse
3.4753 of 5 stars
$147.14
+1.5%
$138.40
-5.9%
+77.1%$1.84B$594.03M36.065,370Upcoming Earnings
DGII
Digi International
2.3856 of 5 stars
$36.66
+0.9%
$38.75
+5.7%
+26.9%$1.35B$420.94M32.16790
HLIT
Harmonic
4.2901 of 5 stars
$10.17
+2.4%
$12.17
+19.6%
-28.1%$1.13B$689.08M17.241,240Positive News
NTGR
NETGEAR
4.3321 of 5 stars
$34.83
+1.0%
$33.00
-5.3%
+51.9%$1.00B$673.76M16.13690Upcoming Earnings
ADTN
ADTRAN
2.5004 of 5 stars
$8.79
+2.0%
$12.80
+45.6%
+49.0%$689.41M$983.37M-6.713,234
RBBN
Ribbon Communications
4.3028 of 5 stars
$3.81
+3.0%
$6.00
+57.5%
+18.8%$655.20M$863.46M-15.243,052News Coverage
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.082 of 5 stars
$22.74
+5.7%
$32.00
+40.7%
+0.8%$275.50M$434.61M284.29710Analyst Revision
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.7536 of 5 stars
$5.69
-1.6%
N/A+22.7%$112.74M$113.83M-17.78650
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.4243 of 5 stars
$3.19
+3.2%
$6.00
+88.1%
-23.9%$90.83M$495.35M-0.321,676

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This page (NYSE:PLT) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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