QUIK vs. GSIT, NVEC, AOSL, MX, ATOM, AXTI, CAN, KOPN, PXLW, and AIP
Should you be buying QuickLogic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuickLogic include GSI Technology (GSIT), NVE (NVEC), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Atomera (ATOM), AXT (AXTI), Canaan (CAN), Kopin (KOPN), Pixelworks (PXLW), and Arteris (AIP). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
GSI Technology (NASDAQ:GSIT) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
QuickLogic has a net margin of -1.24% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of -89.70%. GSI Technology's return on equity of -1.85% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.
QuickLogic received 103 more outperform votes than GSI Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote while only 40.71% of users gave GSI Technology an outperform vote.
QuickLogic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GSI Technology. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GSI Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QuickLogic has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.19%. Given GSI Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than GSI Technology.
In the previous week, GSI Technology had 2 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GSI Technology and 0 mentions for QuickLogic. GSI Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat QuickLogic's score of -0.50 indicating that QuickLogic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GSI Technology has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
33.2% of GSI Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.1% of GSI Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
QuickLogic beats GSI Technology on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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