AAOI vs. SKYT, NVEC, AIP, TGAN, VLN, LASR, CAN, MX, QUIK, and NVTS
Should you be buying Applied Optoelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Optoelectronics include SkyWater Technology (SKYT), NVE (NVEC), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), nLIGHT (LASR), Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), and Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
SkyWater Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Optoelectronics. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Optoelectronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SkyWater Technology has a net margin of -10.73% compared to Applied Optoelectronics' net margin of -30.65%. Applied Optoelectronics' return on equity of -16.30% beat SkyWater Technology's return on equity.
Applied Optoelectronics received 577 more outperform votes than SkyWater Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Applied Optoelectronics an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave SkyWater Technology an outperform vote.
Applied Optoelectronics presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.93%. SkyWater Technology has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 52.83%. Given SkyWater Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SkyWater Technology is more favorable than Applied Optoelectronics.
61.7% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.6% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, SkyWater Technology had 4 more articles in the media than Applied Optoelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SkyWater Technology and 3 mentions for Applied Optoelectronics. SkyWater Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Applied Optoelectronics' score of -0.01 indicating that SkyWater Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Optoelectronics has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWater Technology has a beta of 4.18, meaning that its stock price is 318% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SkyWater Technology beats Applied Optoelectronics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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