VLN vs. TGAN, QUIK, MX, CAN, AIP, AXTI, NVEC, ATOM, PXLW, and POET
Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include Transphorm (TGAN), QuickLogic (QUIK), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Canaan (CAN), Arteris (AIP), AXT (AXTI), NVE (NVEC), Atomera (ATOM), Pixelworks (PXLW), and POET Technologies (POET). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) and Transphorm (NASDAQ:TGAN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Valens Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Transphorm. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transphorm, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Transphorm shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Transphorm shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valens Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $4.67, suggesting a potential upside of 91.26%. Transphorm has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.35%. Given Valens Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than Transphorm.
In the previous week, Valens Semiconductor had 9 more articles in the media than Transphorm. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Valens Semiconductor and 3 mentions for Transphorm. Transphorm's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Valens Semiconductor's score of 0.06 indicating that Transphorm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transphorm has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valens Semiconductor received 7 more outperform votes than Transphorm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Transphorm an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Valens Semiconductor has a net margin of -33.86% compared to Transphorm's net margin of -177.91%. Valens Semiconductor's return on equity of -14.14% beat Transphorm's return on equity.
Summary
Valens Semiconductor beats Transphorm on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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