CSIQ vs. SIMO, LILAK, MXL, AGYS, UPWK, PLUS, CSGS, PI, COHU, and ODD
Should you be buying Canadian Solar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Solar include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), MaxLinear (MXL), Agilysys (AGYS), Upwork (UPWK), ePlus (PLUS), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Impinj (PI), Cohu (COHU), and Oddity Tech (ODD).
Canadian Solar vs.
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Canadian Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Solar and Canadian Solar both had 6 articles in the media. Canadian Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.59 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Silicon Motion Technology received 289 more outperform votes than Canadian Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.
Canadian Solar presently has a consensus target price of $46.14, suggesting a potential upside of 76.32%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $86.43, suggesting a potential upside of 68.77%. Given Canadian Solar's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Solar is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
50.4% of Canadian Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.6% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Canadian Solar's net margin of 5.14%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 15.92% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Canadian Solar on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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