AXTI vs. VLN, MX, KOPN, AIP, PXLW, ATOM, QUIK, CAN, TGAN, and SOL
Should you be buying AXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXT include Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Kopin (KOPN), Arteris (AIP), Pixelworks (PXLW), Atomera (ATOM), QuickLogic (QUIK), Canaan (CAN), Transphorm (TGAN), and Emeren Group (SOL). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) and AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, AXT had 2 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AXT and 2 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AXT's score of -0.86 indicating that AXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of AXT shares are held by institutional investors. 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of AXT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AXT received 430 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.41% of users gave AXT an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.
AXT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valens Semiconductor has a net margin of -23.36% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -23.59%. Valens Semiconductor's return on equity of -7.80% beat AXT's return on equity.
Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXT has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valens Semiconductor presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 112.77%. AXT has a consensus target price of $4.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Given AXT's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than AXT.
Summary
AXT beats Valens Semiconductor on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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