CREE vs. SEDG, IPGP, MLNX, LSCC, ALTR, MTSI, CRUS, RMBS, POWI, and SLAB
Should you be buying Cree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cree include SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Mellanox Technologies (MLNX), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Cree received 306 more outperform votes than SolarEdge Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote while only 62.49% of users gave SolarEdge Technologies an outperform vote.
Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarEdge Technologies has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SolarEdge Technologies has a net margin of -11.68% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. SolarEdge Technologies' return on equity of -6.43% beat Cree's return on equity.
SolarEdge Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Cree. Cree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolarEdge Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SolarEdge Technologies has a consensus price target of $69.58, suggesting a potential upside of 152.36%. Given SolarEdge Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SolarEdge Technologies is more favorable than Cree.
95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, SolarEdge Technologies had 13 more articles in the media than Cree. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for SolarEdge Technologies and 12 mentions for Cree. SolarEdge Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that SolarEdge Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SolarEdge Technologies beats Cree on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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