INFN vs. ADTN, NTGR, CLFD, VTEX, ACMR, TASK, BASE, EXTR, GOGO, and PDFS
Should you be buying Infinera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Infinera include ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), Clearfield (CLFD), VTEX (VTEX), ACM Research (ACMR), TaskUs (TASK), Couchbase (BASE), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Gogo (GOGO), and PDF Solutions (PDFS).
ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Infinera has a net margin of -5.11% compared to Infinera's net margin of -51.42%. Infinera's return on equity of -18.98% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
In the previous week, Infinera had 25 more articles in the media than ADTRAN. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Infinera and 5 mentions for ADTRAN. Infinera's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.22 indicating that ADTRAN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Infinera has higher revenue and earnings than ADTRAN. Infinera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADTRAN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Infinera shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Infinera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infinera has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ADTRAN presently has a consensus target price of $7.67, suggesting a potential upside of 45.48%. Infinera has a consensus target price of $7.32, suggesting a potential upside of 39.16%. Given Infinera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Infinera.
Infinera received 236 more outperform votes than ADTRAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.84% of users gave Infinera an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote.
Summary
Infinera beats ADTRAN on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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