EMKR vs. SQNS, MMAT, LAES, LEDS, NA, LPTH, MOBX, POET, CNDB, and GSIT
Should you be buying EMCORE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCORE include Sequans Communications (SQNS), Meta Materials (MMAT), SEALSQ (LAES), SemiLEDs (LEDS), Nano Labs (NA), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Mobix Labs (MOBX), POET Technologies (POET), Concord Acquisition Corp III (CNDB), and GSI Technology (GSIT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) and Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
EMCORE presently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 314.14%. Sequans Communications has a consensus target price of $3.01, suggesting a potential upside of 652.50%. Given Sequans Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sequans Communications is more favorable than EMCORE.
EMCORE has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EMCORE and EMCORE both had 3 articles in the media. Sequans Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat EMCORE's score of -0.04 indicating that Sequans Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sequans Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EMCORE. Sequans Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCORE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.7% of EMCORE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of EMCORE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Sequans Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EMCORE has a net margin of -67.43% compared to Sequans Communications' net margin of -122.10%. EMCORE's return on equity of -26.76% beat Sequans Communications' return on equity.
EMCORE received 16 more outperform votes than Sequans Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.36% of users gave Sequans Communications an outperform vote while only 61.14% of users gave EMCORE an outperform vote.
Summary
EMCORE beats Sequans Communications on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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