VLN vs. CAN, TGAN, MX, AIP, QUIK, AXTI, NVEC, ATOM, SKYT, and POET
Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include Canaan (CAN), Transphorm (TGAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Arteris (AIP), QuickLogic (QUIK), AXT (AXTI), NVE (NVEC), Atomera (ATOM), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), and POET Technologies (POET). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) and Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Canaan received 2 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.
70.1% of Canaan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canaan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valens Semiconductor has a net margin of -33.86% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -192.95%. Canaan's return on equity of -14.14% beat Valens Semiconductor's return on equity.
Canaan currently has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 304.76%. Valens Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 83.73%. Given Valens Semiconductor's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than Valens Semiconductor.
In the previous week, Canaan had 17 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Canaan and 1 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Canaan's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Valens Semiconductor's score of 0.17 indicating that Valens Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canaan has a beta of 3.11, meaning that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valens Semiconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canaan. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canaan and Valens Semiconductor tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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