XPER vs. CSIQ, COHU, PDFS, AXTI, RBCN, MXL, AMBA, OSIS, KLIC, and AMAT
Should you be buying Xperi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xperi include Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), AXT (AXTI), Rubicon Technology (RBCN), MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), OSI Systems (OSIS), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), and Applied Materials (AMAT).
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Canadian Solar presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.07%. Xperi has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 152.53%. Given Canadian Solar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than Canadian Solar.
Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canadian Solar had 12 more articles in the media than Xperi. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Canadian Solar and 5 mentions for Xperi. Xperi's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Canadian Solar's score of 0.42 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Solar has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Canadian Solar's net margin of -22.93%. Xperi's return on equity of 5.61% beat Canadian Solar's return on equity.
52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Solar received 189 more outperform votes than Xperi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Xperi an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Solar beats Xperi on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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