Actelis Networks (NASDAQ:ASNS) versus Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) Critical Survey

Actelis Networks (NASDAQ:ASNS) and Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Actelis Networks has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ciena has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.4% of Actelis Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Ciena shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Actelis Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ciena shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Actelis Networks and Ciena’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Actelis Networks	-223.94%	-323.47%	-106.78%
Ciena	3.10%	6.62%	3.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Actelis Networks and Ciena, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Actelis Networks	2	0	1	0	1.67
Ciena	0	6	12	2	2.80

Actelis Networks presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,751.85%. Ciena has a consensus price target of $176.31, suggesting a potential downside of 26.80%. Given Actelis Networks’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Actelis Networks is more favorable than Ciena.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Actelis Networks and Ciena”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Actelis Networks	$7.76 million	0.61	-$4.37 million	($8.60)	-0.31
Ciena	$4.01 billion	8.46	$83.96 million	$0.97	248.33

Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Actelis Networks. Actelis Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ciena, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Ciena beats Actelis Networks on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Actelis Networks

Actelis Networks, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of cyber hardened, hybrid fiber, networking solutions for Internet of Things and telecommunication companies in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Israel, and the Asia Pacific. It provides rapid-deployment networking solutions for wide-area IoT applications, including federal, state, and local governments; intelligent traffic systems; and military, utility, rail, telecom, and campus applications. The company’s products include ethernet access devices; network aggregator switches; and Advanced MetaLIGHT/ Gigaline element management systems software, which enables remote management, monitoring, maintenance, and configuration of the installed equipment in the network. It also offers dynamic spectral software; and access broadband equipment. It serves offers its products through system integrators, distributors, contractors, resellers, and consultants. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Ciena

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company’s Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as 8100 coherent routing platforms; 3000 family of service delivery switches and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company’s Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, multi-cloud orchestration, and unified assurance and analytics services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers MCP domain controller solution, and OneControl unified management system, as well as planning tools. The company’s Global Services segment provides maintenance support and training, installation and deployment, and consulting and network design services. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.