PI vs. AEIS, LPL, VICR, CAMT, NCNO, SANM, TSEM, EVH, IRDM, and ASAN
Should you be buying Impinj stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impinj include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), LG Display (LPL), Vicor (VICR), Camtek (CAMT), nCino (NCNO), Sanmina (SANM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Evolent Health (EVH), Iridium Communications (IRDM), and Asana (ASAN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Impinj 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.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries received 28 more outperform votes than Impinj when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advanced Energy Industries currently has a consensus price target of $115.14, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Impinj has a consensus price target of $132.89, suggesting a potential downside of 15.60%. Given Impinj's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Impinj.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 7.75% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of -1.90%. Impinj's return on equity of 14.32% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Impinj had 33 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Impinj and 8 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Impinj's score of 0.39 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Impinj on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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