SQNS vs. MMAT, LAES, EMKR, NA, LEDS, WISA, LPTH, GCTS, MOBX, and KOPN
Should you be buying Sequans Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sequans Communications include Meta Materials (MMAT), SEALSQ (LAES), EMCORE (EMKR), Nano Labs (NA), SemiLEDs (LEDS), WiSA Technologies (WISA), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Mobix Labs (MOBX), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) and Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Sequans Communications has a net margin of -122.10% compared to Meta Materials' net margin of -4,999.15%. Meta Materials' return on equity of -82.48% beat Sequans Communications' return on equity.
Sequans Communications received 330 more outperform votes than Meta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Meta Materials an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Sequans Communications an outperform vote.
Sequans Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Materials. Sequans Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Meta Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Sequans Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Meta Materials and 0 mentions for Sequans Communications. Sequans Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Meta Materials' score of -0.33 indicating that Sequans Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Materials has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sequans Communications currently has a consensus target price of $3.01, indicating a potential upside of 490.31%. Given Sequans Communications' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sequans Communications is more favorable than Meta Materials.
63.3% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Meta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Meta Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sequans Communications beats Meta Materials on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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