ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN – Get Free Report) and Vivakor (OTCMKTS:VIVKD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Vivakor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of ADTRAN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Vivakor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ADTRAN | $1.08 billion | 1.00 | -$45.66 million | ($0.39) | -34.46 |
| Vivakor | $104.42 million | 0.01 | -$110.23 million | ($624.00) | -0.00 |
ADTRAN has higher revenue and earnings than Vivakor. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vivakor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ADTRAN and Vivakor, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ADTRAN | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Vivakor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
ADTRAN currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given ADTRAN’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Vivakor.
Profitability
This table compares ADTRAN and Vivakor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ADTRAN | -3.18% | 10.94% | 1.35% |
| Vivakor | -105.57% | -141.06% | -56.70% |
Summary
ADTRAN beats Vivakor on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides networking and communications platforms, software, systems, and services in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Network Solutions, and Services & Support. It offers residential gateways; ethernet passive optical network ONUs; gigabit passive optical network/XGS-PON ONTs; traditional SSE, routers, and switches; edge cloud; carrier ethernet network interface devices; Optical Line Terminals; Packet Aggregation, Copper Access, and Oscilloquartz; optical transport and engine solutions; infrastructure monitoring solution; and training, professional, software, and managed services. The company also provides various software, such as Mosaic One SaaS, n-Command, Procloud, MCP, AOE and ACI-E, and Ensemble Controller. It serves large, medium, and small service providers; alternative service providers, such as utilities, municipalities and fiber overbuilders; cable/MSOs; and SMBs and distributed enterprises. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
About Vivakor
Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
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