CLFD vs. NTGR, ADTN, AUDC, AKTS, DZSI, MINM, INFN, SKYT, DAKT, and ATNI
Should you be buying Clearfield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearfield include NETGEAR (NTGR), ADTRAN (ADTN), AudioCodes (AUDC), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), DZS (DZSI), Minim (MINM), Infinera (INFN), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Daktronics (DAKT), and ATN International (ATNI).
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Clearfield has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NETGEAR has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clearfield has a net margin of -1.79% compared to NETGEAR's net margin of -15.69%. Clearfield's return on equity of -1.06% beat NETGEAR's return on equity.
88.7% of Clearfield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Clearfield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NETGEAR received 62 more outperform votes than Clearfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.41% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave NETGEAR an outperform vote.
Clearfield has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NETGEAR. Clearfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NETGEAR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Clearfield had 21 more articles in the media than NETGEAR. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Clearfield and 17 mentions for NETGEAR. Clearfield's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat NETGEAR's score of -0.15 indicating that Clearfield is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearfield currently has a consensus price target of $42.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.35%. NETGEAR has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.98%. Given NETGEAR's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NETGEAR is more favorable than Clearfield.
Summary
Clearfield beats NETGEAR on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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