SQNS vs. MMAT, LAES, EMKR, NA, LEDS, WISA, LPTH, GCTS, MOBX, and KOPN
Should you be buying Sequans Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sequans Communications include Meta Materials (MMAT), SEALSQ (LAES), EMCORE (EMKR), Nano Labs (NA), SemiLEDs (LEDS), WiSA Technologies (WISA), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Mobix Labs (MOBX), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) and Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Materials has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sequans Communications received 330 more outperform votes than Meta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Meta Materials an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Sequans Communications an outperform vote.
Sequans Communications has a net margin of -122.10% compared to Meta Materials' net margin of -4,999.15%. Meta Materials' return on equity of -82.48% beat Sequans Communications' return on equity.
63.3% of Sequans Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Meta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Sequans Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Meta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Meta Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Sequans Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Meta Materials and 1 mentions for Sequans Communications. Sequans Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Meta Materials' score of -0.05 indicating that Sequans Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sequans Communications currently has a consensus price target of $3.02, indicating a potential upside of 528.13%. Given Sequans Communications' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sequans Communications is more favorable than Meta Materials.
Sequans Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Materials. Sequans Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sequans Communications beats Meta Materials on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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