AUDC vs. ADTN, NTGR, CLFD, AKTS, DZSI, INFN, CTV, AMSWA, JFIN, and PRCH
Should you be buying AudioCodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AudioCodes include ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), Clearfield (CLFD), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), DZS (DZSI), Infinera (INFN), Innovid (CTV), American Software (AMSWA), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Porch Group (PRCH).
AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) and ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
AudioCodes currently has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.10%. ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 129.76%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than AudioCodes.
ADTRAN received 94 more outperform votes than AudioCodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.93% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 57.56% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 5 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ADTRAN and 4 mentions for AudioCodes. AudioCodes' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.48 indicating that AudioCodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AudioCodes has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AudioCodes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADTRAN. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AudioCodes has a net margin of 3.59% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -21.80%. AudioCodes' return on equity of 7.35% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
68.1% of AudioCodes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ADTRAN 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.
Summary
AudioCodes beats ADTRAN on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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