POET vs. AXTI, ATOM, MRAM, PXLW, GSIT, KOPN, MOBX, FORA, CAN, and GCTS
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include AXT (AXTI), Atomera (ATOM), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Pixelworks (PXLW), GSI Technology (GSIT), Kopin (KOPN), Mobix Labs (MOBX), Forian (FORA), Canaan (CAN), and GCT Semiconductor (GCTS).
AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
AXT received 441 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave AXT an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
AXT currently has a consensus target price of $5.38, suggesting a potential upside of 42.20%. POET Technologies has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 271.29%. Given AXT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than AXT.
POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -21.01%. POET Technologies' return on equity of -7.36% beat AXT's return on equity.
In the previous week, AXT had 33 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for AXT and 2 mentions for POET Technologies. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat AXT's score of 0.16 indicating that AXT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AXT has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXT has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. AXT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POET Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.5% of AXT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of AXT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AXT beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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