Financial Survey: CI&T (NYSE:CINT) versus Calix (NYSE:CALX)

CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for CI&T and Calix, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CI&T	0	2	4	0	2.67
Calix	0	4	6	0	2.60

CI&T currently has a consensus price target of $6.80, suggesting a potential upside of 86.05%. Calix has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 68.40%. Given CI&T’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CI&T is more favorable than Calix.

Profitability

This table compares CI&T and Calix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CI&T	7.90%	13.19%	7.32%
Calix	3.20%	4.30%	3.52%

Volatility & Risk

CI&T has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.5% of CI&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CI&T and Calix”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CI&T	$489.65 million	1.00	$40.62 million	$0.31	11.79
Calix	$1.00 billion	2.54	$17.88 million	$0.48	82.89

CI&T has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calix. CI&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Calix beats CI&T on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CI&T

CI&T, Inc. provides strategy, design and software engineering services to enable digital transformation. The firm’s solutions and services include Digital Strategy, Customer-Centric Design and Top-of-the-Line Software Engineering. The company was founded by Cesar Nivaldo Gon, Bruno Guiçardi Neto and Fernando Matt Borges Martins on June 7, 2021 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About Calix

Calix, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of cloud and software platforms, and systems and services in the United States, rest of Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its cloud and software platforms, and systems and services enable broadband service providers (BSPs) to provide a range of services. The company provides Calix Cloud platform, a role-based analytics platform comprising Calix Engagement Cloud, Calix Service Cloud, and Calix Operations Cloud, which are configurable to display role-based insights and enable BSPs to anticipate and target new revenue-generating services and applications through mobile application, such as CommandIQ for residents and CommandWorx for businesses; Calix Intelligent Access EDGE, an access network solution for automated and intelligent networks; and Calix Revenue EDGE, a premises solution for subscriber managed services. It also offers SmartLife managed services, including SmartHome managed services and applications to enhance, operate and secure the connected experience of subscribers in their home; SmartTown managed services that reimagine community Wi-Fi as a ubiquitous, secure, and managed experience across a BSP's footprint; and SmartBiz managed services that address the business networking and productivity needs of business owners with an all-in-one managed service. In addition, the company provides Wi-Fi systems under GigaSpire and GigaPro brands to be ready for deployment as a complete subscriber experience solution for BSP's residential and business subscribers. It offers its products through its direct sales force and resellers. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.