AMSC vs. KODK, UIS, FORR, OSPN, SGU, BLZE, FARO, SOHU, AMSWA, and MIXT
Should you be buying American Superconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Superconductor include Eastman Kodak (KODK), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), OneSpan (OSPN), Star Group (SGU), Backblaze (BLZE), FARO Technologies (FARO), Sohu.com (SOHU), American Software (AMSWA), and MiX Telematics (MIXT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) and American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Superconductor has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Superconductor received 209 more outperform votes than Eastman Kodak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote while only 54.24% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote.
Eastman Kodak has a net margin of 6.71% compared to Eastman Kodak's net margin of -12.12%. American Superconductor's return on equity of 10.40% beat Eastman Kodak's return on equity.
American Superconductor has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Given Eastman Kodak's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Superconductor is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.
In the previous week, American Superconductor had 2 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Superconductor and 1 mentions for Eastman Kodak. American Superconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Eastman Kodak's score of -0.14 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than American Superconductor. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Kodak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of American Superconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of American Superconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eastman Kodak beats American Superconductor on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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