Head-To-Head Contrast: Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and Inventergy Global (OTCMKTS:INVT)

Inventergy Global (OTCMKTS:INVT) and Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Inventergy Global and Harmonic”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inventergy Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Harmonic	$678.72 million	1.78	$39.22 million	$0.59	18.03

Harmonic has higher revenue and earnings than Inventergy Global.

Profitability

This table compares Inventergy Global and Harmonic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inventergy Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Harmonic	9.96%	17.83%	10.23%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.4% of Harmonic shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Inventergy Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Harmonic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Inventergy Global and Harmonic, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inventergy Global	0	0	0	0	0.00
Harmonic	1	3	4	0	2.38

Harmonic has a consensus price target of $12.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. Given Harmonic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Harmonic is more favorable than Inventergy Global.

Summary

Harmonic beats Inventergy Global on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inventergy Global

Inventergy Global, Inc., an intellectual property (IP) investment and licensing company, engages in identifying, acquiring, and licensing patented technologies of various technology and small companies. The company acquires portfolios in the telecommunications industry primarily in core network infrastructure and mobile broadband communications segments. Inventergy Global, Inc. is headquartered in Campbell, California.

About Harmonic

Harmonic Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband solutions worldwide. The company operates through Broadband and Video segments. The Broadband segment sells broadband access solutions and related services, including cOS software-based broadband access solutions to broadband operators; and cOS central cloud services, a subscription service for cOS customers. The Video segment sells video processing, production, and playout solutions and services to cable operators, and satellite and telco Pay-TV service providers, as well as to broadcast and media, including streaming media companies. Its video processing appliance solutions include network management and application software, and hardware products, such as encoders, video servers, high-density stream processing systems, and edge processors. This segment also provides VOS360 SaaS platform that provides both streaming and channel origination and distribution services; and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, which enables the packaging and delivery of streaming services, including live streaming, VOD, catch-up TV, start-over TV, network-DVR and cloud-DVR services through HTTP streaming to various device along with dynamic and personal ad insertion. The company also provides technical support and professional services, such as maintenance and support, consulting, implementation, integration services, program management, technical design and planning, building and site preparation, integration and equipment installation, end-to-end system testing, and training, as well as SaaS-related support and deployment. It sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through independent resellers and systems integrators. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.