MER Telemanagement Solutions (MTSL) & ADTRAN (ADTN) Critical Review

MER Telemanagement Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSL) and ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares MER Telemanagement Solutions and ADTRAN’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for MER Telemanagement Solutions and ADTRAN, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

ADTRAN has a consensus price target of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 35.29%. Given ADTRAN’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than MER Telemanagement Solutions.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.0% of MER Telemanagement Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of MER Telemanagement Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of ADTRAN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MER Telemanagement Solutions and ADTRAN’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

MER Telemanagement Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADTRAN.

Dividends

ADTRAN pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. MER Telemanagement Solutions does not pay a dividend. ADTRAN pays out -76.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility & Risk

MER Telemanagement Solutions has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADTRAN has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ADTRAN beats MER Telemanagement Solutions on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

MER Telemanagement Solutions Company Profile

MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. provides solutions for telecommunications expense management (TEM), enterprise mobility management, and online and mobile video advertising worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Enterprise, Service Providers, and Video Advertising. It offers TEM suite software platform that helps organizations to reduce operational expenses, enhance productivity, and optimize networks and services associated with communications networks and information technology (IT). The company also provides TEM services, such as Map-to-Wins, a strategic consulting approach for TEM solution; and consulting services, including invoice and inventory audit and recovery, contract negotiations and strategic sourcing, discovery and road mapping, process diagnosis and solution design, and wireless optimization services, as well as creation and implementation of IT governance, risk, and compliance policies. In addition, the company offers converged billing solutions that include applications for charging and invoicing customers, interconnect billing, and partner revenue management services for wireless providers, voice over Internet protocol, Internet protocol television, mobile virtual network operators, and content service providers. Further, it provides cloud and managed services; and digital video advertising solutions for large and small brand advertisers, advertising agencies, and other businesses. The company sells its solutions through original equipment manufacturers, distribution channels, and direct sales force. MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel.

ADTRAN Company Profile

ADTRAN, Inc. provides networking and communications equipment worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Network Solutions and Services & Support. It offers access and aggregation solutions, including network management and subscriber services control and orchestration software within a SD-access architecture; SDN-controlled programmable network elements; fiber to the premises and fiber to the node (FTTN) multi-service access nodes (MSAN); fiber aggregation and FTTN MSAN; fiber to the distribution point optical network units; optical line terminals; optical networking edge aggregation; and IP digital subscriber line access multiplexers. The company’s access and aggregation solutions also comprise cabinet and outside-plant enclosures and services; pluggable optical transceivers, cables, and other miscellaneous materials; and other products and services. In addition, it provides customer devices comprising broadband customer premise solutions, such as passive optical network and point-to-point Ethernet optical network terminals; radio frequency over glass micro nodes; residential and business gateways; Wi-Fi access points and related powering and switching infrastructure; enterprise session border controllers; carrier Ethernet services termination devices; voice over Internet protocol media gateways; and other products and services. Further, the company offers time division multiplexed and asynchronous transfer mode based aggregation systems and customer devices; HDSL, ADSL, and other technologies; and other products and services. Additionally, it provides planning, engineering, program management, maintenance, support, installation, commissioning, and implementation services. The company serves communications service providers, distributed enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses, public and private enterprises, and individual users. ADTRAN, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.

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