NTGR vs. DZSI, EXTR, HLIT, INFN, DGII, BELFB, RBBN, ADTN, AVNW, and KVHI
Should you be buying NETGEAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NETGEAR include DZS (DZSI), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Harmonic (HLIT), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ADTRAN (ADTN), Aviat Networks (AVNW), and KVH Industries (KVHI).
DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) and NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
DZS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NETGEAR. NETGEAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DZS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DZS has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NETGEAR has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NETGEAR received 146 more outperform votes than DZS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave NETGEAR an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave DZS an outperform vote.
DZS currently has a consensus target price of $6.67, suggesting a potential upside of 335.73%. NETGEAR has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Given NETGEAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DZS is more favorable than NETGEAR.
In the previous week, DZS and DZS both had 4 articles in the media. NETGEAR's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat DZS's score of 0.55 indicating that DZS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.8% of DZS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of DZS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DZS's net margin of -15.69%. NETGEAR's return on equity of 0.00% beat DZS's return on equity.
Summary
DZS beats NETGEAR on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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