Critical Contrast: Calix (NYSE:CALX) versus Antelope Enterprise (NASDAQ:AEHL)

Antelope Enterprise (NASDAQ:AEHL) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Antelope Enterprise and Calix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antelope Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
Calix	-1.79%	1.33%	1.07%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Antelope Enterprise shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Calix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Antelope Enterprise has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Antelope Enterprise and Calix, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antelope Enterprise	0	0	0	0	0.00
Calix	0	2	4	0	2.67

Calix has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Calix’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than Antelope Enterprise.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Antelope Enterprise and Calix”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antelope Enterprise	$72.10 million	0.04	-$2.03 million	N/A	N/A
Calix	$1.04 billion	2.06	$29.33 million	($0.24)	-134.58

Calix has higher revenue and earnings than Antelope Enterprise.

Summary

Calix beats Antelope Enterprise on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Antelope Enterprise

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides livestream e-commerce services and business management and information systems consulting services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates an online social ecommerce and live broadcast streaming platform enhances product promotion, transaction speed, and marketing effectiveness of industries and applications to anchors and influencers. It also provides business management consulting; and information system technology consulting services, including the sales of software use rights for digital data deposit platforms and asset management systems, and online social media platform development and consulting. The company was formerly known as China Ceramics Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited in October 2020. Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, the People's Republic of China.

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.