VIAV vs. DQ, SPWR, EXFO, DIOD, CRUS, RMBS, ALGM, POWI, FORM, and CRDO
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Daqo New Energy (DQ), SunPower (SPWR), EXFO (EXFO), Diodes (DIOD), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Power Integrations (POWI), FormFactor (FORM), and Credo Technology Group (CRDO).
Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Daqo New Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Daqo New Energy and 4 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Daqo New Energy's score of 0.44 indicating that Daqo New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Daqo New Energy has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Daqo New Energy's net margin of -0.42%. Daqo New Energy's return on equity of 4.65% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
Viavi Solutions received 311 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.97% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.60% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote.
Daqo New Energy presently has a consensus target price of $27.63, indicating a potential upside of 37.99%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.16%. Given Daqo New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Daqo New Energy.
Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daqo New Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats Daqo New Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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