Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV – Get Free Report) and Corning (NYSE:GLW – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Viavi Solutions and Corning’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Viavi Solutions | 1.33% | 10.70% | 4.04% |
| Corning | 9.16% | 18.12% | 7.28% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Viavi Solutions and Corning, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Viavi Solutions | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Corning | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2.87 |
Risk and Volatility
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corning has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Corning shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Viavi Solutions and Corning”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Viavi Solutions | $1.08 billion | 3.73 | $34.80 million | $0.07 | 258.57 |
| Corning | $13.12 billion | 5.81 | $506.00 million | $1.58 | 56.29 |
Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viavi Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Corning beats Viavi Solutions on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Viavi Solutions
Viavi Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. It operates through the following segments: Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance. The Network Enablement segment offers an integrated portfolio of testing solutions that access the network to perform build-out and maintenance tasks. The Service Enablement segment covers solutions and services primarily for communication service providers, and enterprises that deliver and/or operate broadband and IP networks (fixed and mobile) supporting voice, video, and data services as well as a wide range of applications. The Optical Security and Performance segment leverages its core optical coating technologies and volume manufacturing capability to design, manufacture, and sell products targeting anti-counterfeiting, consumer and industrial, government, healthcare, and other markets. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.
About Corning
Corning Incorporated engages in the display technologies, optical communications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences businesses in the United States and internationally. The company's Display Technologies segment offers glass substrates for flat panel displays, including liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes that are used in televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices. Its Optical Communications segment provides optical fibers and cables; and hardware and equipment products, such as cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components and couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories for the telecommunications industry, businesses, governments, and individuals. The company's Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that offer material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, crystals, precision metrology instruments, and software, as well as glass wafers and substrates, tinted sunglasses, and radiation shielding products for various markets comprising mobile consumer electronics, semiconductor equipment optics and consumables, aerospace and defense optics, radiation shielding products, sunglasses, and telecommunications components. Its Environmental Technologies segment provides ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile, gasoline, and diesel applications. The company's Life Sciences segment offers laboratory products, including consumables, such as plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialty surfaces, cell culture media, and serum, as well as general labware, and glassware and equipment under the Corning, Pyrex, Falcon, and Axygen brands. The company was formerly known as Corning Glass Works and changed its name to Corning Incorporated in April 1989. Corning Incorporated was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Corning, New York.
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