CALX vs VSNT vs DGII Stock Comparison

Calix, Versant Media and Digi International Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CALX Calix, Inc
$31.86 -9.6% 1M -52.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.92B
P/E
41.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.15B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
1 win
VSNT Versant Media Group, Inc.
$34.00 +8.0% 1M
Market cap
$4.65B
P/E
6.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.54B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
7 wins
DGII Digi International Inc
$62.34 -15.7% 1M +71.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.39B
P/E
49.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$506.21M
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Versant Media leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Versant Media 7, Digi International 3, Calix 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCALXVSNTDGIILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.92B $4.65B $2.39B VSNT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.9x 6.4x 49.0x VSNT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.1x 7.9x 22.4x VSNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% — +20.3% CALX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.0% 11.1% 9.6% VSNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.4% 6.9% VSNT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.9x 0.7x DGII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -52.6% — +71.9% DGII
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.9%/yr — +22.0%/yr DGII
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.8% 41.2% 43.9% VSNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 90/100 57/100 VSNT

Percentile Scorecard

CALXVSNTDGII

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCALXVSNTDGII
Valuation 50 #57 of 112 98 #2 of 53 41 #67 of 112
Growth 69 #34 of 108 – 66 #37 of 108
Profitability 59 #43 of 104 95 #3 of 43 80 #22 of 104
Financial Health 75 #30 of 116 80 #13 of 61 49 #60 of 116
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 83 86 #5 of 29 51 #41 of 83
Overall 71 90 57
  • CALX ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • VSNT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • DGII ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCALXVSNTDGIISPY
1 month -9.6%+8.0%-15.7% -5.9%
3 months -14.9%-11.0%-24.9% -4.6%
6 months -26.8%-16.6%+0.5% +0.2%
Year to date -39.8%-24.4%+44.0% +7.5%
1 year -52.6%—+71.9% +8.2%
3 years -10.5%—+149.9% +68.3%
3 years, per year -3.6%—+35.7% +19.0%
5 years -55.2%—+169.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year -14.9%—+22.0% +9.4%
10 years +382.7%—+556.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +17.1%—+20.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCALXVSNTDGIISPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.8%41.2%43.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.9%46.5%45.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.990.361.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.26—1.64 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.3%-42.2%-48.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.6%-28.3%-26.9% -5.9%
52-week high $67.18$47.45$85.24 $779.14
52-week low $31.86$27.42$35.40 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCALXVSNTDGII
P/E now vs peer median 43.7xmedian 25.2x 6.5xmedian 14.0x 48.3xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 2.4x 0.7xmedian 0.5x 4.7xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 16.2x 3.0xmedian 9.6x 21.7xmedian 16.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.7xmedian 23.4x 2.8xmedian 8.0x 17.4xmedian 23.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.3x 0.6xmedian 1.6x 3.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 41.08median 0.98 —median 0.40 3.04median 0.98

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCALXVSNTDGII
Revenue $1.15B $6.54B $506.21M
Gross profit $637.49M $3.66B $323.07M
Operating income $60.39M $1.12B $70.58M
Net income $45.75M $726.00M $48.74M
Free cash flow $62.16M $1.64B $135.98M
R&D $215.00M – $73.84M
EPS (diluted) $0.71 $5.23 $1.25
Cash & equivalents $55.89M $1.05B $27.97M
Total debt – $2.93B $108.13M
Shares (diluted) 64.45M 138.54M 38.92M
Enterprise value $937.84M $874.58M $2.28B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCALXVSNTDGII
P/E 43.7x 6.5x 48.3x
P/FCF 31.7x 2.8x 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 23.6x 2.6x 17.1x
P/S 1.7x 0.7x 4.7x
P/B 2.8x 0.6x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 0.6x 7.4x
EV/EBITDA 23.2x 3.0x 21.7x
EV/EBIT 30.0x 5.8x 34.7x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 1.0x 4.8x
EV/FCF 29.2x 4.0x 18.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.7x 3.6x 17.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 41.08 – 3.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCALXVSNTDGII
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% – 20.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.0% – 4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.6% – 23.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% – 9.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 958.5% – 24.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.0% – 9.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 730.9% – 14.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% – 18.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 783.2% – 10.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.1% – 15.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -19.9% – 30.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – 59.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.3% – 31.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% – 60.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCALXVSNTDGII
Gross margin 55.6% 56.0% 63.8%
EBITDA margin 6.8% 32.9% 22.3%
Operating margin 5.3% 17.1% 13.9%
Pretax margin 6.1% 15.0% 12.4%
Net margin 4.0% 11.1% 9.6%
FCF margin 5.4% 25.1% 26.9%
Operating cash flow margin 7.3% 27.4% 27.3%
Return on equity 6.5% 8.9% 7.2%
Return on assets 4.9% 5.7% 5.0%
Return on invested capital – 7.4% 6.9%
Return on capital employed 8.0% 9.7% 8.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 2.5x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue 7.0% 0.9% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCALXVSNTDGII
Debt / assets – 23.1% 11.2%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.9x 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 1.8x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 24.1% 35.6% 29.0%
Equity / assets 75.9% 64.4% 71.0%
Interest coverage – 6.6x 8.9x
Current ratio 3.0x 2.1x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 6.80 1.59 6.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCALXVSNTDGII
Dividend yield – 3.4% –
Net buyback yield 12.6% 6.5% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 12.6% 9.8% 0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCALXVSNTDGII
Forward P/E 19.1xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 22.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.67FY2026 $4.31FY2026 $2.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.6%FY2026 -24.3%FY2026 +32.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +56.3% +81.9% +9.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2026 $6.67BFY2026 $519.66MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026 +20.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.6% -3.4% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCALXVSNTDGII
Held by institutions 94.5% 88.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 290 795 285
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% +4.0% +1.6%
Institutions buying 148 302 143
Institutions selling 111 313 105
Buyers to sellers 1.33 0.96 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CALXVSNTDGII
CALX 1.00 0.04 0.18
VSNT 0.04 1.00 0.05
DGII 0.18 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CALX, VSNT and DGII?

Versant Media (VSNT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Calix (CALX) $1.92B, Versant Media (VSNT) $4.65B, Digi International (DGII) $2.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, CALX, VSNT and DGII?

Versant Media (VSNT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Calix (CALX) 41.9x, Versant Media (VSNT) 6.4x, Digi International (DGII) 49.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Versant Media (VSNT) is cheapest (Calix (CALX) 19.1x, Versant Media (VSNT) 7.9x, Digi International (DGII) 22.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Calix (CALX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Calix (CALX) +22.9%, Digi International (DGII) +20.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Versant Media (VSNT) has the highest net margin (Calix (CALX) 4.0%, Versant Media (VSNT) 11.1%, Digi International (DGII) 9.6%). On return on invested capital, Versant Media (VSNT) leads (Versant Media (VSNT) 7.4%, Digi International (DGII) 6.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Digi International (DGII) returned the most: Calix (CALX) -52.6%, Digi International (DGII) +71.9%. Over five years, Digi International (DGII) compounded fastest (Calix (CALX) -14.9%/yr, Digi International (DGII) +22.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Versant Media (VSNT) has been the steadiest (Calix (CALX) 41.8%, Versant Media (VSNT) 41.2%, Digi International (DGII) 43.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CALX, VSNT and DGII?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Versant Media (VSNT) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.