MX vs. QUIK, CAN, AXTI, VLN, ATOM, POET, PXLW, KOPN, MOBX, and TGAN
Should you be buying Magnachip Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnachip Semiconductor include QuickLogic (QUIK), Canaan (CAN), AXT (AXTI), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Atomera (ATOM), POET Technologies (POET), Pixelworks (PXLW), Kopin (KOPN), Mobix Labs (MOBX), and Transphorm (TGAN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Magnachip Semiconductor received 117 more outperform votes than QuickLogic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.09% of users gave Magnachip Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote.
Magnachip Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.73%. QuickLogic has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.44%. Given Magnachip Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Magnachip Semiconductor is more favorable than QuickLogic.
QuickLogic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magnachip Semiconductor. Magnachip Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuickLogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, QuickLogic had 8 more articles in the media than Magnachip Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for QuickLogic and 2 mentions for Magnachip Semiconductor. QuickLogic's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Magnachip Semiconductor's score of 0.45 indicating that QuickLogic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
QuickLogic has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Magnachip Semiconductor's net margin of -13.76%. QuickLogic's return on equity of 6.57% beat Magnachip Semiconductor's return on equity.
Summary
QuickLogic beats Magnachip Semiconductor on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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