DAKT vs. SKYT, MEI, AAOI, CLFD, SRI, NTGR, ATNI, RBBN, AVNW, and BBAI
Should you be buying Daktronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daktronics include SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Methode Electronics (MEI), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Clearfield (CLFD), Stoneridge (SRI), NETGEAR (NTGR), ATN International (ATNI), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Aviat Networks (AVNW), and BigBear.ai (BBAI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
SkyWater Technology has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.56%. Given SkyWater Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SkyWater Technology is more favorable than Daktronics.
Daktronics has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWater Technology has a beta of 4.28, meaning that its stock price is 328% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Daktronics had 3 more articles in the media than SkyWater Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Daktronics and 2 mentions for SkyWater Technology. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat SkyWater Technology's score of 0.25 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daktronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Daktronics has a net margin of 6.59% compared to SkyWater Technology's net margin of -10.73%. Daktronics' return on equity of 30.57% beat SkyWater Technology's return on equity.
61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Daktronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Daktronics received 211 more outperform votes than SkyWater Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave SkyWater Technology an outperform vote.
Summary
Daktronics beats SkyWater Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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