SILC vs. ATOM, SNCR, SERV, MYNA, DHX, LICY, YIBO, POET, TSAT, and SANG
Should you be buying Silicom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicom include Atomera (ATOM), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), Serve Robotics (SERV), Mynaric (MYNA), DHI Group (DHX), Li-Cycle (LICY), Planet Image International (YIBO), POET Technologies (POET), Telesat (TSAT), and Sangoma Technologies (SANG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Atomera has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Silicom's net margin of -9.80%. Silicom's return on equity of -5.97% beat Atomera's return on equity.
Silicom received 103 more outperform votes than Atomera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Atomera an outperform vote.
52.9% of Silicom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Atomera shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Atomera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atomera has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicom presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Silicom's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Silicom is more favorable than Atomera.
Atomera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silicom. Silicom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atomera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Atomera had 1 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atomera and 3 mentions for Silicom. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Atomera's score of 1.07 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Silicom beats Atomera on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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