AXTI vs. POET, ATOM, SOL, PXLW, GSIT, KOPN, MOBX, MX, CAN, and GCTS
Should you be buying AXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXT include POET Technologies (POET), Atomera (ATOM), Emeren Group (SOL), Pixelworks (PXLW), GSI Technology (GSIT), Kopin (KOPN), Mobix Labs (MOBX), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Canaan (CAN), and GCT Semiconductor (GCTS).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, AXT had 30 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for AXT and 2 mentions for POET Technologies. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat AXT's score of 0.21 indicating that AXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXT has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AXT received 441 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave AXT an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -21.01%. POET Technologies' return on equity of -7.36% beat AXT's return on equity.
POET Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 248.84%. AXT has a consensus price target of $5.38, suggesting a potential upside of 50.56%. Given AXT's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than AXT.
AXT has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. AXT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POET Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of AXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of AXT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AXT beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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