POET vs. FORA, MRAM, LAZY, PXLW, LPTH, AAOI, NVEC, SKYT, AIP, and TGAN
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Forian (FORA), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Lazydays (LAZY), Pixelworks (PXLW), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), NVE (NVEC), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Arteris (AIP), and Transphorm (TGAN).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Forian received 6 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.00% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Forian had 1 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Forian and 0 mentions for POET Technologies. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Forian'saverage media sentiment score.
POET Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 336.05%. Forian has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 176.77%. Given POET Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Forian.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Forian shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Forian shares are owned 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.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forian has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forian's return on equity of 0.00% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
Forian has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Forian beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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