FARO vs. QSI, GEOS, NTGR, HEAR, MIXT, FORR, UIS, NVEC, SGU, and EGHT
Should you be buying FARO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FARO Technologies include Quantum-Si (QSI), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), NETGEAR (NTGR), Turtle Beach (HEAR), MiX Telematics (MIXT), Forrester Research (FORR), Unisys (UIS), NVE (NVEC), Star Group (SGU), and 8X8 (EGHT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of FARO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Quantum-Si 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.
FARO Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.60%. Quantum-Si has a consensus target price of $2.67, suggesting a potential upside of 48.15%. Given Quantum-Si's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
FARO Technologies received 364 more outperform votes than Quantum-Si when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Quantum-Si an outperform vote while only 62.48% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote.
FARO Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Quantum-Si had 5 more articles in the media than FARO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Quantum-Si and 1 mentions for FARO Technologies. Quantum-Si's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Quantum-Si is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -11.92% compared to Quantum-Si's net margin of -7,145.76%. FARO Technologies' return on equity of -16.09% beat Quantum-Si's return on equity.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FARO Technologies and Quantum-Si tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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