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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AERG Applied Energetics	$2.21 -2.2%	$1.98	$0.43 ▼ $2.99	$483.70M	0.89	130,023 shs	24,162 shs
HIMX Himax Technologies	$9.53 -0.7%	$8.90	$5.12 ▼ $13.91	$1.66B	2.15	1.86 million shs	399,001 shs
PL Planet Labs PBC	$6.69 -4.9%	$5.21	$1.76 ▼ $7.72	$2.02B	1.8	5.30 million shs	3.88 million shs
POETF POET Technologies	$6.58 +4.9%	$4.89	$0.57 ▼ $1.28	$2.40B	0.81	148,995 shs	3.92 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AERG Applied Energetics	+2.70%	-2.98%	+8.57%	+225.71%	+62.86%
HIMX Himax Technologies	+0.84%	+2.68%	+7.63%	+50.55%	+29.95%
PL Planet Labs PBC	+3.54%	+13.67%	+39.98%	+130.16%	+228.04%
POETF POET Technologies	0.00%	-12.55%	+55.58%	+68.32%	+104.23%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AERG Applied Energetics	0.2393 of 5 stars	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.0
HIMX Himax Technologies	3.2745 of 5 stars	2.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	3.3	1.3
PL Planet Labs PBC	1.8566 of 5 stars	2.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	1.7	0.6
POETF POET Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AERG Applied Energetics	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
HIMX Himax Technologies	3.00	Buy	$11.90	24.93% Upside
PL Planet Labs PBC	2.90	Moderate Buy	$6.71	0.37% Upside
POETF POET Technologies	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AERG, HIMX, PL, and POETF Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/30/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$4.60
6/24/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$6.30 ➝ $8.50
6/6/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$5.00 ➝ $7.00
6/5/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$5.00 ➝ $7.00
6/5/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$8.00
5/14/2025	PL Planet Labs PBC	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$8.00 ➝ $8.00
5/9/2025	HIMX Himax Technologies	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$8.80

(Data available from 7/22/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AERG Applied Energetics	$2.43M	199.05	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
HIMX Himax Technologies	$906.80M	1.84	$0.59 per share	16.27	$5.13 per share	1.86
PL Planet Labs PBC	$244.35M	8.30	N/A	N/A	$1.47 per share	4.55
POETF POET Technologies	$4.43M	542.10	N/A	N/A	$0.02 per share	329.00

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AERG Applied Energetics	-$9.18M	-$0.03	N/A	∞	N/A	-386.66%	-413.63%	-239.35%	8/11/2025 (Estimated)
HIMX Himax Technologies	$79.75M	$0.49	19.41	∞	N/A	9.54%	9.83%	5.31%	8/7/2025 (Estimated)
PL Planet Labs PBC	-$123.20M	-$0.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	-42.58%	-23.36%	-16.51%	9/4/2025 (Estimated)
POETF POET Technologies	-$18.17M	-$0.05	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-88.82%	-74.05%	N/A

Latest AERG, HIMX, PL, and POETF Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	HIMX Himax Technologies	$0.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	$212.00 million	N/A
6/4/2025	Q1 2026	PL Planet Labs PBC	-$0.05	-$0.04	+$0.01	-$0.04	$62.25 million	$66.27 million
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	HIMX Himax Technologies	$0.10	$0.11	+$0.01	$0.11	$207.10 million	$215.13 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AERG Applied Energetics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HIMX Himax Technologies	$0.36	3.78%	N/A	73.47%	N/A
PL Planet Labs PBC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
POETF POET Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AERG, HIMX, PL, and POETF Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/15/2025	HIMX Himax Technologies	annual	$0.29	3.7%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AERG Applied Energetics	N/A	5.91	5.91
HIMX Himax Technologies	0.03	1.71	1.52
PL Planet Labs PBC	N/A	2.10	2.10
POETF POET Technologies	N/A	12.65	12.65

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AERG Applied Energetics	0.51%
HIMX Himax Technologies	69.81%
PL Planet Labs PBC	41.71%
POETF POET Technologies	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AERG Applied Energetics	17.20%
HIMX Himax Technologies	31.50%
PL Planet Labs PBC	18.90%
POETF POET Technologies	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AERG Applied Energetics	7	218.87 million	181.22 million	Not Optionable
HIMX Himax Technologies	2,177	174.91 million	119.82 million	Optionable
PL Planet Labs PBC	800	303.43 million	246.08 million	Optionable
POETF POET Technologies	16	364.97 million	N/A	Not Optionable

AERG, HIMX, PL, and POETF Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

POET Technologies: Ready For A Fortuitous Next 12 Months

July 21 at 6:03 AM | seekingalpha.com

POET Technologies (OTCMKTS:POETF) Shares Down 8.1% - What's Next?

July 8, 2025 | marketbeat.com

POET Technologies Inc.: POET Technologies Provides Results of 2025 Annual General and Special Meeting

June 30, 2025 | finanznachrichten.de

POET Technologies: A Potential Ten-Bagger

June 24, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Poet Technologies: A Small Player In A Rapidly Growing AI Market.

June 12, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

POET Technologies Announces Closing of US$30 Million Private Placement

May 22, 2025 | globenewswire.com

POET Technologies upsizes, amends $30M non-brokered private placement

May 20, 2025 | msn.com

POET Technologies Announces Upsize and Amendments to Previously Announced Offering

May 20, 2025 | globenewswire.com

POET Technologies: Potential Remains, But So Do The Risks (Rating Downgrade)

May 17, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

POET Technologies Inc.: POET Technologies Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

May 15, 2025 | finanznachrichten.de

POET Stock Declines On Q4 Miss, Retail Sentiment Sours

April 2, 2025 | msn.com

Poet Technologies reports Q4 EPS (48c) vs. (13c) last year

April 1, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.com

POET Technologies reports Q4 revenue miss, shares dip

April 1, 2025 | investing.com

POET Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

March 31, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Poet ships latest optical engine samples

March 27, 2025 | compoundsemiconductor.netC

Why POET Technologies Inc.’s (POET) Stock Is Up 13.32%

March 20, 2025 | aaii.comA

POET Technologies: Revenue Inflection Nears As Market Opportunity Expands

March 10, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Loss-Making POET Technologies Inc. (CVE:PTK) Expected To Breakeven In The Medium-Term

February 7, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Poet Technologies signs agreement to develop custom optical engine

January 31, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.com

POET Technologies Inc. (POET): AI in Photonics Innovations

January 17, 2025 | msn.com

POET Technologies Inc. (POET): Expanding AI Impact with SPX Acquisition and High-Capacity Optical Engine Production

January 13, 2025 | msn.com

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AERG, HIMX, PL, and POETF Company Descriptions

Applied Energetics OTCMKTS:AERG

$2.21 -0.05 (-2.21%)

As of 10:23 AM Eastern

Applied Energetics, Inc. engages in the provision of advanced optical technologies and ultrashort pulse directed energy solutions utilizing dual-use laser and optical technologies to defense, national security, industrial, biomedical, and scientific customers worldwide. It develops and holds various intellectual property rights such as laser guided energy and laser induced plasma channel technology for used in high-tech directed energy systems. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.

Himax Technologies NASDAQ:HIMX

$9.52 -0.07 (-0.68%)

As of 10:57 AM Eastern

Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. It offers display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers that are used in televisions, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, and other products. The company also provides automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs; advanced in-cell touch and display driver integration; large touch and display driver integration; and local dimming timing controllers, as well as active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) solutions, including AMOLED drivers, timing controllers, and touch controller ICs. In addition, it offers application specific IC services; liquid crystal on silicon and micro-electro mechanical system products; Power ICs; complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor products; wafer level optics products; 3D sensing products; and ultralow power WiseEye smart image sensing products. The company markets its display drivers to panel manufacturers, mobile device module manufacturers, and manufacturers of end-use products. Himax Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.

Planet Labs PBC NYSE:PL

$6.68 -0.35 (-4.91%)

As of 10:58 AM Eastern

Planet Labs PBC engages in the design, construction, and launch constellations of satellites with the intent of providing high cadence geospatial data delivered to customers through an online platform worldwide. The company's platform offers planet monitoring, basemap, tasking, apps, and application programming interfaces, as well as analytics and planetary variables. It serves agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance and insurance companies, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

POET Technologies OTCMKTS:POETF

$6.58 +0.31 (+4.94%)

As of 07/21/2025

POET Technologies, Inc. engages in the designing, developing, manufacturing and sale of opto-electronic solutions for the sensing, data communications and telecommunications markets. It developed POET Optical Interposer platform, which allows the integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module. The company was founded on November 14, 1985 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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