LASR vs. CEVA, CAN, SGH, HIMX, OSIS, AMBA, UCTT, PLAB, VIAV, and JKS
Should you be buying nLIGHT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nLIGHT include CEVA (CEVA), Canaan (CAN), SMART Global (SGH), Himax Technologies (HIMX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Ambarella (AMBA), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and JinkoSolar (JKS).
nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) and CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, nLIGHT had 4 more articles in the media than CEVA. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for nLIGHT and 1 mentions for CEVA. CEVA's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat nLIGHT's score of 0.89 indicating that CEVA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
nLIGHT has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEVA has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CEVA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than nLIGHT. CEVA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nLIGHT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of CEVA shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of nLIGHT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of CEVA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CEVA received 424 more outperform votes than nLIGHT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote.
nLIGHT currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. CEVA has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.27%. Given CEVA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CEVA is more favorable than nLIGHT.
CEVA has a net margin of -12.91% compared to nLIGHT's net margin of -23.81%. CEVA's return on equity of -5.70% beat nLIGHT's return on equity.
Summary
CEVA beats nLIGHT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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