AOSL vs. NVEC, SMTC, MXL, LASR, ICHR, IMOS, SKYT, MX, SGH, and CAN
Should you be buying Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor include NVE (NVEC), Semtech (SMTC), MaxLinear (MXL), nLIGHT (LASR), Ichor (ICHR), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), SMART Global (SGH), and Canaan (CAN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor vs.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
67.6% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of NVE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor presently has a consensus target price of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than NVE.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor received 99 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 57.63% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its stock price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than NVE. NVE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NVE had 2 more articles in the media than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NVE and 1 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. NVE's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's score of 0.44 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NVE has a net margin of 59.33% compared to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's net margin of 3.95%. NVE's return on equity of 35.21% beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity.
Summary
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats NVE on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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