AOSL vs. NPTN, DSPG, IOTS, MX, POWI, DIOD, SLAB, AMBA, SMTC, and MXL
Should you be buying Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor include NeoPhotonics (NPTN), DSP Group (DSPG), Adesto Technologies (IOTS), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Power Integrations (POWI), Diodes (DIOD), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), and MaxLinear (MXL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
NeoPhotonics (NYSE:NPTN) and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) 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 dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $42.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.98%. Given NeoPhotonics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than NeoPhotonics.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than NeoPhotonics. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NeoPhotonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NeoPhotonics received 112 more outperform votes than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.15% of users gave NeoPhotonics an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote.
85.6% of NeoPhotonics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of NeoPhotonics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a net margin of -1.44% compared to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's net margin of -1.89%. NeoPhotonics' return on equity of 1.39% beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity.
NeoPhotonics has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had 7 more articles in the media than NeoPhotonics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and 0 mentions for NeoPhotonics. NeoPhotonics' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's score of 0.43 indicating that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats NeoPhotonics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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