SEALSQ (LAES) Competitors

UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI) and SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UTSI or LAES?

1.8% of UTStarcom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of SEALSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of UTStarcom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UTSI or LAES?

UTStarcom received 176 more outperform votes than SEALSQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave SEALSQ an outperform vote while only 43.38% of users gave UTStarcom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UTStarcom	Outperform Votes 177 43.38%	Underperform Votes 231 56.62%
SEALSQ	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is UTSI or LAES more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UTStarcom	N/A	N/A	N/A
SEALSQ	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, UTSI or LAES?

SEALSQ has higher revenue and earnings than UTStarcom.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UTStarcom	$15.75M	1.66	-$3.85M	N/A	N/A
SEALSQ	$20.14M	0.35	-$3.27M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor UTSI or LAES?

In the previous week, SEALSQ had 1 more articles in the media than UTStarcom. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SEALSQ and 4 mentions for UTStarcom. UTStarcom's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat SEALSQ's score of 0.55 indicating that UTStarcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UTStarcom	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEALSQ	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, UTSI or LAES?

UTStarcom has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEALSQ has a beta of 3.38, indicating that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend UTSI or LAES?

SEALSQ has a consensus price target of $1.75, suggesting a potential upside of 316.27%. Given SEALSQ's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEALSQ is more favorable than UTStarcom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UTStarcom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SEALSQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

SEALSQ beats UTStarcom on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.