AAOI vs. SKYT, NVEC, LASR, TGAN, AOSL, VLN, AIP, CAN, MX, and NVTS
Should you be buying Applied Optoelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Optoelectronics include SkyWater Technology (SKYT), NVE (NVEC), nLIGHT (LASR), Transphorm (TGAN), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Arteris (AIP), Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), and Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) and Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
SkyWater Technology presently has a consensus target price of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 50.58%. Applied Optoelectronics has a consensus target price of $16.88, indicating a potential upside of 55.53%. Given SkyWater Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Optoelectronics is more favorable than SkyWater Technology.
In the previous week, Applied Optoelectronics had 1 more articles in the media than SkyWater Technology. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Applied Optoelectronics and 2 mentions for SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Applied Optoelectronics' score of 0.25 indicating that Applied Optoelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Optoelectronics received 578 more outperform votes than SkyWater Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.64% of users gave Applied Optoelectronics an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave SkyWater Technology an outperform vote.
SkyWater Technology has a net margin of -10.73% compared to SkyWater Technology's net margin of -25.75%. SkyWater Technology's return on equity of -13.83% beat Applied Optoelectronics' return on equity.
SkyWater Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Optoelectronics. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Optoelectronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SkyWater Technology has a beta of 4.28, indicating that its stock price is 328% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Optoelectronics has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 50.3% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Applied Optoelectronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SkyWater Technology beats Applied Optoelectronics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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