NVEC vs. AAOI, OIIM, BEEM, MXL, AOSL, SPWR, CEVA, QUIK, GSIT, and VSH
Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), O2Micro International (OIIM), Beam Global (BEEM), MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SunPower (SPWR), CEVA (CEVA), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), and Vishay Intertechnology (VSH).
NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) and Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Applied Optoelectronics received 395 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Applied Optoelectronics an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.
66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of NVE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Applied Optoelectronics had 4 more articles in the media than NVE. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Applied Optoelectronics and 0 mentions for NVE. Applied Optoelectronics' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat NVE's score of 0.00 indicating that Applied Optoelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Optoelectronics has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.07%. Given Applied Optoelectronics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Optoelectronics is more favorable than NVE.
NVE has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Optoelectronics has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Applied Optoelectronics. Applied Optoelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NVE has a net margin of 57.46% compared to Applied Optoelectronics' net margin of -30.65%. NVE's return on equity of 25.83% beat Applied Optoelectronics' return on equity.
Summary
Applied Optoelectronics beats NVE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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