AOSL vs. NVEC, QUIK, MX, MXL, AMBA, SMTC, LASR, SKYT, NVTS, and AAOI
Should you be buying Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor include NVE (NVEC), QuickLogic (QUIK), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), nLIGHT (LASR), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of NVE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NVE has a net margin of 57.46% compared to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's net margin of -2.68%. NVE's return on equity of 25.83% beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.17%. Given Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than NVE.
In the previous week, NVE had 3 more articles in the media than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for NVE and 7 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat NVE's score of 0.70 indicating that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor received 102 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.95% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.
NVE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats NVE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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