LASR vs. NVTS, CEVA, AOSL, AAOI, SKYT, NVEC, AIP, TGAN, IMOS, and VLN
Should you be buying nLIGHT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nLIGHT include Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), CEVA (CEVA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), NVE (NVEC), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and Valens Semiconductor (VLN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ:NVTS) and nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Navitas Semiconductor had 16 more articles in the media than nLIGHT. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Navitas Semiconductor and 0 mentions for nLIGHT. nLIGHT's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Navitas Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Navitas Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
nLIGHT received 169 more outperform votes than Navitas Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Navitas Semiconductor an outperform vote.
nLIGHT has higher revenue and earnings than Navitas Semiconductor. nLIGHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navitas Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Navitas Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $7.41, suggesting a potential upside of 94.09%. nLIGHT has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.40%. Given nLIGHT's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Navitas Semiconductor is more favorable than nLIGHT.
46.1% of Navitas Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Navitas Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of nLIGHT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Navitas Semiconductor has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLIGHT has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
nLIGHT has a net margin of -23.81% compared to nLIGHT's net margin of -97.75%. Navitas Semiconductor's return on equity of -17.86% beat nLIGHT's return on equity.
Summary
Navitas Semiconductor and nLIGHT tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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