IPWR vs. MX, AXTI, QUIK, ROCG, MRAM, POET, ATOM, SOL, TYGO, and KOPN
Should you be buying Ideal Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ideal Power include Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), AXT (AXTI), QuickLogic (QUIK), Roth CH Acquisition IV (ROCG), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), POET Technologies (POET), Atomera (ATOM), Emeren Group (SOL), Tigo Energy (TYGO), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Ideal Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnachip Semiconductor. Magnachip Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ideal Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ideal Power presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.10%. Magnachip Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.44%. Given Ideal Power's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than Magnachip Semiconductor.
16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ideal Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Magnachip Semiconductor received 82 more outperform votes than Ideal Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Ideal Power an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Magnachip Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Magnachip Semiconductor has a net margin of -13.76% compared to Ideal Power's net margin of -3,560.07%. Magnachip Semiconductor's return on equity of -8.35% beat Ideal Power's return on equity.
In the previous week, Magnachip Semiconductor had 2 more articles in the media than Ideal Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Magnachip Semiconductor and 2 mentions for Ideal Power. Ideal Power's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Magnachip Semiconductor's score of 1.13 indicating that Ideal Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ideal Power has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Magnachip Semiconductor beats Ideal Power on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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