ASTI vs. SPI, LAES, NA, LEDS, EMKR, WISA, PRSO, ISUN, SPCB, and RBCN
Should you be buying Ascent Solar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Solar Technologies include SPI Energy (SPI), SEALSQ (LAES), Nano Labs (NA), SemiLEDs (LEDS), EMCORE (EMKR), WiSA Technologies (WISA), Peraso (PRSO), iSun (ISUN), SuperCom (SPCB), and Rubicon Technology (RBCN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI) and SPI Energy (NASDAQ:SPI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
Ascent Solar Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SPI Energy. SPI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Solar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SPI Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Ascent Solar Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SPI Energy and 3 mentions for Ascent Solar Technologies. Ascent Solar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat SPI Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Ascent Solar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ascent Solar Technologies has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPI Energy has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SPI Energy received 107 more outperform votes than Ascent Solar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users.
10.6% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of SPI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of SPI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SPI Energy has a net margin of -11.77% compared to Ascent Solar Technologies' net margin of -3,989.10%. Ascent Solar Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat SPI Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Ascent Solar Technologies and SPI Energy tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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