AMSC vs. CRNC, AAOI, SOHU, BLZE, UIS, OUST, NVEC, KODK, FARO, and BBAI
Should you be buying American Superconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Superconductor include Cerence (CRNC), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Sohu.com (SOHU), Backblaze (BLZE), Unisys (UIS), Ouster (OUST), NVE (NVEC), Eastman Kodak (KODK), FARO Technologies (FARO), and BigBear.ai (BBAI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) and Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
American Superconductor has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.3% of American Superconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Superconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cerence shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Superconductor received 302 more outperform votes than Cerence when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote.
American Superconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cerence. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Superconductor presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.11%. Cerence has a consensus price target of $20.83, suggesting a potential upside of 231.74%. Given Cerence's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cerence is more favorable than American Superconductor.
Cerence has a net margin of -8.66% compared to American Superconductor's net margin of -12.12%. Cerence's return on equity of 2.53% beat American Superconductor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cerence had 10 more articles in the media than American Superconductor. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cerence and 1 mentions for American Superconductor. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat American Superconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Cerence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cerence beats American Superconductor on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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