NVEC vs. AOSL, QUIK, AAOI, SKYT, TGAN, VLN, AIP, LASR, CAN, and MX
Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), QuickLogic (QUIK), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Transphorm (TGAN), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Arteris (AIP), nLIGHT (LASR), Canaan (CAN), and Magnachip Semiconductor (MX). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) 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 profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.74%. Given NVE's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than NVE.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor received 102 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.95% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had 3 more articles in the media than NVE. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and 3 mentions for NVE. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat NVE's score of 0.53 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of NVE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NVE has a net margin of 60.66% compared to NVE's net margin of -2.68%. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity of 32.31% beat NVE's return on equity.
NVE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats NVE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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