ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (ADTN) vs AudioCodes Ltd. (AUDC)

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. and AudioCodes Ltd. are both Communication Equipment companies. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $336.5M against $186.7M — 1.8× the size. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; AudioCodes Ltd. trades at 29.2×. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.1% against 2.47%. AudioCodes Ltd. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs −2.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.7% vs 0.01%). Across the 20 metrics below, AudioCodes Ltd. leads on 13 and ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m 29.23 29.86
P/S 0.29 0.77 1.68
P/B 2.76 1.12 1.72
Price to free cash flow n/m 8.87 21.71
EV/EBITDA 5.14 6.78 14.04
EV/Sales 0.45 0.52 1.76
Earnings yield (6.09%) 3.42% (0.87%)
Free cash flow yield (3.46%) 11.28% 0.68%

Profitability

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 38.50% 65.74% 39.34%
Operating margin 0.00% 5.76% 2.43%
Net margin (2.20%) 2.83% (0.64%)
Free cash flow margin (1.00%) 8.66% 0.27%
Return on equity (19.18%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.10%) 2.18% (0.10%)
Return on invested capital 0.01% 10.67% 1.29%

Growth

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.13% 2.47% 9.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 90.83% (38.00%) 31.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.43% 2.15% 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (19.95%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 2.32 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 1.89 1.90 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 1.11 (3.90) 0.93

Dividend

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield — 5.26% 1.10%
Payout ratio — 1.54 0.44

Size

Metric ADTN AUDC Communication Equipment median
Market cap 336.52m 186.66m 495.24m

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