AMSC vs. FARO, FORR, MIXT, SOHU, AMSWA, KODK, UIS, NVEC, JFIN, and BLZE
Should you be buying American Superconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Superconductor include FARO Technologies (FARO), Forrester Research (FORR), MiX Telematics (MIXT), Sohu.com (SOHU), American Software (AMSWA), Eastman Kodak (KODK), Unisys (UIS), NVE (NVEC), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Backblaze (BLZE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of American Superconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of American Superconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Superconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FARO Technologies. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FARO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FARO Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.93%. American Superconductor has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.25%. Given American Superconductor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FARO Technologies is more favorable than American Superconductor.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -11.92% compared to FARO Technologies' net margin of -12.12%. American Superconductor's return on equity of -16.09% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than American Superconductor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for FARO Technologies and 2 mentions for American Superconductor. FARO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat American Superconductor's score of 0.13 indicating that American Superconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Superconductor received 20 more outperform votes than FARO Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote while only 62.48% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Superconductor has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Superconductor beats FARO Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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