PXLW vs. CAN, MX, QUIK, MAXN, AXTI, MRAM, ATOM, SOL, POET, and KOPN
Should you be buying Pixelworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pixelworks include Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), AXT (AXTI), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Atomera (ATOM), Emeren Group (SOL), POET Technologies (POET), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW) and Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Pixelworks received 239 more outperform votes than Canaan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave Pixelworks an outperform vote.
Pixelworks presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 133.64%. Canaan has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 320.79%. Given Canaan's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canaan is more favorable than Pixelworks.
Pixelworks has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaan has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pixelworks has a net margin of -33.22% compared to Canaan's net margin of -192.95%. Pixelworks' return on equity of -55.94% beat Canaan's return on equity.
21.4% of Pixelworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Canaan shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Pixelworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canaan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pixelworks had 3 more articles in the media than Canaan. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pixelworks and 2 mentions for Canaan. Pixelworks' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Canaan's score of 0.07 indicating that Pixelworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pixelworks has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaan. Pixelworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pixelworks beats Canaan on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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