ATOM vs. SOL, PXLW, POET, KOPN, BEEM, GCTS, MOBX, GSIT, AXTI, and LPTH
Should you be buying Atomera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atomera include Emeren Group (SOL), Pixelworks (PXLW), POET Technologies (POET), Kopin (KOPN), Beam Global (BEEM), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GSI Technology (GSIT), AXT (AXTI), and LightPath Technologies (LPTH). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) and Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
30.8% of Atomera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Emeren Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Atomera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Emeren Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Emeren Group has a consensus price target of $5.80, suggesting a potential upside of 184.31%. Given Emeren Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than Atomera.
Emeren Group received 54 more outperform votes than Atomera when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.02% of users gave Atomera an outperform vote while only 45.73% of users gave Emeren Group an outperform vote.
Emeren Group has higher revenue and earnings than Atomera. Emeren Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atomera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Emeren Group had 2 more articles in the media than Atomera. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Emeren Group and 2 mentions for Atomera. Atomera's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Emeren Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Atomera is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Atomera has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Emeren Group's net margin of -8.91%. Emeren Group's return on equity of 0.26% beat Atomera's return on equity.
Atomera has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emeren Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Emeren Group beats Atomera on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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