POET vs. FORA, LAZY, PXLW, LPTH, SKYT, NVEC, AIP, VLN, GCTS, and CAN
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Forian (FORA), Lazydays (LAZY), Pixelworks (PXLW), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), NVE (NVEC), Arteris (AIP), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), and Canaan (CAN).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) 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 earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Forian's return on equity of 0.00% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
Forian received 6 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.00% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, POET Technologies and POET Technologies both had 4 articles in the media. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Forian's score of 0.88 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Forian shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Forian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Forian has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 321.35%. Forian has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 194.87%. Given POET Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Forian.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forian has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forian beats POET Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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