IDSY vs. POET, STCN, SPRU, BCOV, LITB, CODA, BW, YTRA, CNDB, and FLUX
Should you be buying I.D. Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of I.D. Systems include POET Technologies (POET), Steel Connect (STCN), Spruce Power (SPRU), Brightcove (BCOV), LightInTheBox (LITB), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Yatra Online (YTRA), Concord Acquisition Corp III (CNDB), and Flux Power (FLUX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
I.D. Systems (NASDAQ:IDSY) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
I.D. Systems has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. I.D. Systems 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 has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 200.00%. Given POET Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than I.D. Systems.
60.2% of I.D. Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of I.D. Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
I.D. Systems has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
I.D. Systems received 247 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.76% of users gave I.D. Systems 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 I.D. Systems' net margin of -15.49%. I.D. Systems' return on equity of -13.05% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, POET Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than I.D. Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for POET Technologies and 3 mentions for I.D. Systems. I.D. Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat POET Technologies' score of -0.29 indicating that I.D. Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
I.D. Systems beats POET Technologies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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