Coda Octopus Group (CODA) Competitors

Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ:CODA) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CODA or POET?

Coda Octopus Group has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coda Octopus Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coda Octopus Group	$21.06M	3.71	$3.65M	$0.35	19.87
POET Technologies	$199.48K	1,749.20	-$20.27M	-$0.74	-5.57

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CODA or POET?

20.1% of Coda Octopus Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of Coda Octopus Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CODA or POET more profitable?

Coda Octopus Group has a net margin of 17.95% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. Coda Octopus Group's return on equity of 7.04% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coda Octopus Group	17.95%	7.04%	6.61%
POET Technologies	N/A	-194.16%	-132.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CODA or POET?

Coda Octopus Group received 142 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Coda Octopus Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coda Octopus Group	Outperform Votes 150 62.24%	Underperform Votes 91 37.76%
POET Technologies	Outperform Votes 8 72.73%	Underperform Votes 3 27.27%

Does the media favor CODA or POET?

In the previous week, Coda Octopus Group and Coda Octopus Group both had 1 articles in the media. Coda Octopus Group's average media sentiment score of 1.87 equaled POET Technologies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coda Octopus Group	Very Positive
POET Technologies	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CODA or POET?

Coda Octopus Group presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.16%. POET Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 51.52%. Given Coda Octopus Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coda Octopus Group is more favorable than POET Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coda Octopus Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
POET Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, CODA or POET?

Coda Octopus Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coda Octopus Group beats POET Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.