Analyzing Directview (OTCMKTS:DIRV) and Ciena (NYSE:CIEN)

Directview (OTCMKTS:DIRV) and Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Directview and Ciena”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Directview	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ciena	$4.01 billion	4.99	$83.96 million	$0.97	146.53

Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Directview.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Directview	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ciena	3.10%	6.62%	3.27%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Directview and Ciena, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Directview	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ciena	1	4	9	3	2.82

Ciena has a consensus target price of $122.86, suggesting a potential downside of 13.56%. Given Directview’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Directview is more favorable than Ciena.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.0% of Ciena shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Directview shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ciena shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ciena beats Directview on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Directview

DirectView Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of security systems and related services through its subsidiaries. It operates in the Security and Surveillance, and Video Conferencing Services divisions. The Security and Surveillance division offers surveillance systems, digital video recording, access control, services to businesses, organizations, and law enforcement. The Video Conferencing Services division teleconferencing products and services. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

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.