Contrasting Adtran Networks (OTCMKTS:ADVOF) and Evertz Technologies (OTCMKTS:EVTZF)

Adtran Networks (OTCMKTS:ADVOF) and Evertz Technologies (OTCMKTS:EVTZF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Adtran Networks and Evertz Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adtran Networks	0	0	0	0	N/A
Evertz Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Evertz Technologies has a consensus price target of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 83.86%. Given Evertz Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Evertz Technologies is more favorable than Adtran Networks.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Adtran Networks and Evertz Technologies’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adtran Networks	$750.41 million	1.45	$19.10 million	$0.24	87.21
Evertz Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.93	9.80

Adtran Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Evertz Technologies. Evertz Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adtran Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.2% of Evertz Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Adtran Networks and Evertz Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adtran Networks	1.61%	3.11%	1.78%
Evertz Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Adtran Networks beats Evertz Technologies on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Adtran Networks

Adtran Networks SE engages in the development, manufacture, and sale optical and Ethernet-based networking solutions for telecommunications carriers and enterprises to deliver data, storage, voice, and video services worldwide. It offers open optical transport solutions, such as FSP 3000 open terminals, FSP 3000 open line systems, pluggables and subsystems, and optical access solutions; packet edge and aggregation products, including carrier Ethernet and programmable multilayer edge, metro aggregation, and edge computing products; disaggregated networking, such as packet optical terminals and ensemble activators. The company also provides network virtualization products comprising ensemble connectors, orchestrators, and harmony ecosystems, as well as operates ensemble virtualization director, a management platform for the creation and deployment of virtualized services; network infrastructure assurance products; timing and synchronization products; and automated network management products, such as ensemble optical, sync, fiber, and packet director, and ensemble controllers. In addition, it offers professional services to build, care, and enable the networks. Adtran Networks SE sells its products to telecommunications service providers, private companies, universities, and government agencies directly, as well as through a network of distribution partners. The company was formerly known as ADVA Optical Networking SE and changed its name to Adtran Networks SE in June 2023. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Adtran Networks SE operates as a subsidiary of ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

About Evertz Technologies

Evertz Technologies Limited engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of video and audio infrastructure solutions for the production, post-production, broadcast, and telecommunications markets in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers contribution and distribution encoder, decoder, receiver, and processing products; and control panels, intelligent operations and controls, big data analytics, and network management systems, as well as orchestration, monitoring, and analytics solutions. It also provides video encoders, decoders, and multiplexing products comprising encoders/transcoders, decoders, multiplexers, monitoring and auto-changeover products, and enterprise products; fiber transport products; and audio consoles and processing products, such as mixing consoles, routing and I/O products, summing and processing products, and IP audio gateways. In addition, the company offers asset management and playout products, consisting of asset management, ingest, playout and branding, and transcoding/conforming products; live media production products; routers; flexible media processing products; and IP audio/video processing, media gateway, switch routing, timing, and software defined network orchestration products. Further, it provides USB media recording products; multiviewers comprising IP and SDI multiviewers, MVP, and accessories; RF products; timing and synchronization products; and infrastructure and conversion products. The company serves content creators, broadcasters, specialty channels, and television service providers. Evertz Technologies Limited was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Burlington, Canada.