CSIQ vs. MXL, DQ, XPER, AMBA, KLIC, POWI, FORM, CRDO, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Canadian Solar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Solar include MaxLinear (MXL), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Xperi (XPER), Ambarella (AMBA), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Power Integrations (POWI), FormFactor (FORM), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MaxLinear received 55 more outperform votes than Canadian Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.
Canadian Solar currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.76%. MaxLinear has a consensus price target of $25.70, suggesting a potential upside of 49.33%. Given Canadian Solar's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian Solar is more favorable than MaxLinear.
Canadian Solar has a net margin of 2.80% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -28.70%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 5.61% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian Solar had 9 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Canadian Solar and 0 mentions for MaxLinear. Canadian Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian Solar beats MaxLinear on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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