Adtran vs Lumentum
ADTN and LITE side by side, both in communications equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ADTN and LITE compare
Lumentum is the larger company, worth 142 times as much as Adtran ($75.4B against $532M).
Lumentum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (83.2% versus 15.7% for Adtran).
Adtran keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −2.3% compared with −230% at Lumentum.
Lumentum scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 5 for Adtran), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ADTN | LITE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $532M | $75.4B |
| Share price | $6.53 | $840.70 |
| Change, 1 year | −35.7% | 292% |
| Change, 5 years | −68.4% | 801% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.20 | 1.72 |
| Employees | 3,338 | 14K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 25.0× |
| P/B | – | 16.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.2× (better) | 145× |
| P/FCF | 9.3× (better) | 251× |
| FCF yield | 10.7% (better) | 0.40% |
| Fair value | – | $138.79 |
| Margin of safety | – | −506% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.7% | 83.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.4% (better) | 11.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −26876% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 41.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | −0.18% | 17.4% (better) |
| Net margin | −2.3% (better) | −230% |
| FCF margin | 5.0% | 10.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | −240% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 10.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.70 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.94 |
| Interest coverage | −0.1× | 24.1× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.79 (better) | 1.68 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.86 | 16.42 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 91.8% |
| Held by insiders | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.0M (better) | −$150M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.9% | 8.4% |
Go deeper
- ADTN stock overview
- ADTN income statement
- ADTN valuation and score
- LITE stock overview
- LITE income statement
- LITE valuation and score
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