FARO vs. QSI, GEOS, AMSC, MIXT, FORR, AMSWA, SOHU, KODK, UIS, and NVEC
Should you be buying FARO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FARO Technologies include Quantum-Si (QSI), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), American Superconductor (AMSC), MiX Telematics (MIXT), Forrester Research (FORR), American Software (AMSWA), Sohu.com (SOHU), Eastman Kodak (KODK), Unisys (UIS), and NVE (NVEC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) and FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
FARO Technologies received 365 more outperform votes than Quantum-Si when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Quantum-Si an outperform vote.
39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 30.0% of Quantum-Si shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FARO Technologies shares are held by company 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.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -11.92% compared to FARO Technologies' net margin of -8,868.76%. Quantum-Si's return on equity of -16.09% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
Quantum-Si presently has a consensus price target of $2.67, suggesting a potential upside of 44.93%. FARO Technologies has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.83%. Given FARO Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
Quantum-Si has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Quantum-Si. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for FARO Technologies and 8 mentions for Quantum-Si. FARO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Quantum-Si's score of 0.07 indicating that Quantum-Si is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FARO Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FARO Technologies beats Quantum-Si on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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