NVEC vs. QUIK, BEEM, GSIT, AOSL, SKYT, AIP, AAOI, TGAN, VLN, and CAN
Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include QuickLogic (QUIK), Beam Global (BEEM), GSI Technology (GSIT), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Arteris (AIP), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Transphorm (TGAN), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), and Canaan (CAN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
QuickLogic received 13 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote.
In the previous week, QuickLogic had 9 more articles in the media than NVE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for QuickLogic and 1 mentions for NVE. QuickLogic's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat NVE's score of 0.00 indicating that QuickLogic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
QuickLogic has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.44%. Given QuickLogic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NVE.
NVE has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVE has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. NVE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuickLogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of NVE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NVE has a net margin of 57.46% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of 4.65%. NVE's return on equity of 25.83% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.
Summary
NVE beats QuickLogic on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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