CAN vs. TGAN, QUIK, AIP, KOPN, MX, AXTI, VLN, NVEC, PXLW, and ATOM
Should you be buying Canaan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canaan include Transphorm (TGAN), QuickLogic (QUIK), Arteris (AIP), Kopin (KOPN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), AXT (AXTI), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), NVE (NVEC), Pixelworks (PXLW), and Atomera (ATOM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Transphorm (NASDAQ:TGAN) and Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
66.5% of Transphorm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Canaan shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Transphorm shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canaan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Transphorm has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaan has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Transphorm currently has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.35%. Canaan has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 199.30%. Given Transphorm's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than Transphorm.
Transphorm has a net margin of -177.91% compared to Transphorm's net margin of -195.84%. Transphorm's return on equity of -80.13% beat Canaan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canaan had 1 more articles in the media than Transphorm. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canaan and 2 mentions for Transphorm. Canaan's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Transphorm's score of 0.53 indicating that Transphorm is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canaan received 8 more outperform votes than Transphorm when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Transphorm an outperform vote.
Transphorm has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaan. Transphorm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canaan beats Transphorm on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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