SQNS vs. EMKR, LAES, NA, MMAT, LPTH, LEDS, GSIT, MOBX, GCTS, and KOPN
Should you be buying Sequans Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sequans Communications include EMCORE (EMKR), SEALSQ (LAES), Nano Labs (NA), Meta Materials (MMAT), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), SemiLEDs (LEDS), GSI Technology (GSIT), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) and Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Sequans Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EMCORE. Sequans Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCORE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCORE has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EMCORE had 11 more articles in the media than Sequans Communications. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EMCORE and 1 mentions for Sequans Communications. Sequans Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat EMCORE's score of 0.00 indicating that EMCORE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMCORE has a net margin of -67.43% compared to EMCORE's net margin of -122.10%. Sequans Communications' return on equity of -26.76% beat EMCORE's return on equity.
EMCORE received 16 more outperform votes than Sequans Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.90% of users gave Sequans Communications an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave EMCORE an outperform vote.
EMCORE currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,328.57%. Sequans Communications has a consensus price target of $3.02, indicating a potential upside of 512.93%. Given Sequans Communications' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EMCORE is more favorable than Sequans Communications.
65.7% of EMCORE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of EMCORE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EMCORE beats Sequans Communications on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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