POET vs. KOPN, PXLW, ATOM, FORA, GCTS, MOBX, GSIT, MRAM, LPTH, and SQNS
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Kopin (KOPN), Pixelworks (PXLW), Atomera (ATOM), Forian (FORA), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GSI Technology (GSIT), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), and Sequans Communications (SQNS).
Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) 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 profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Kopin received 300 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Kopin an outperform vote.
Kopin currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 266.88%. POET Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 239.37%. Given POET Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than POET Technologies.
31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned 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, Kopin had 10 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kopin and 5 mentions for POET Technologies. Kopin's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.09 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kopin has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kopin has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -125.20%. POET Technologies' return on equity of -94.96% beat Kopin's return on equity.
Summary
Kopin beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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