LASR vs. AOSL, SKYT, CEVA, AAOI, NVTS, NVEC, AIP, HIMX, TGAN, and VLN
Should you be buying nLIGHT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nLIGHT include Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), CEVA (CEVA), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), NVE (NVEC), Arteris (AIP), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Transphorm (TGAN), and Valens Semiconductor (VLN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) and nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLIGHT has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of nLIGHT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.33%. nLIGHT has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. Given Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe nLIGHT is more favorable than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a net margin of -1.44% compared to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's net margin of -23.81%. nLIGHT's return on equity of 1.39% beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had 12 more articles in the media than nLIGHT. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and 1 mentions for nLIGHT. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat nLIGHT's score of 0.57 indicating that nLIGHT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than nLIGHT. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nLIGHT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor received 115 more outperform votes than nLIGHT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.04% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote while only 57.95% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Summary
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats nLIGHT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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