ATOM vs. POET, AXTI, SOL, PXLW, GSIT, BEEM, KOPN, MOBX, GCTS, and LPTH
Should you be buying Atomera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atomera include POET Technologies (POET), AXT (AXTI), Emeren Group (SOL), Pixelworks (PXLW), GSI Technology (GSIT), Beam Global (BEEM), Kopin (KOPN), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), and LightPath Technologies (LPTH). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) 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 valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Atomera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Atomera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 230.40%. Given Atomera's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Atomera.
Atomera has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. Atomera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POET Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
POET Technologies' return on equity of -98.86% beat Atomera's return on equity.
Atomera received 141 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Atomera an outperform vote.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less 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.
In the previous week, POET Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Atomera. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for POET Technologies and 4 mentions for Atomera. Atomera's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
POET Technologies and Atomera tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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