SemiLEDs (LEDS) Competitors

SemiLEDs (NASDAQ:LEDS) and Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, LEDS or SOL?

SemiLEDs has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emeren Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LEDS or SOL?

Emeren Group received 65 more outperform votes than SemiLEDs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.43% of users gave Emeren Group an outperform vote while only 36.87% of users gave SemiLEDs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SemiLEDs	Outperform Votes 139 36.87%	Underperform Votes 238 63.13%
Emeren Group	Outperform Votes 204 45.43%	Underperform Votes 245 54.57%

Is LEDS or SOL more profitable?

Emeren Group has a net margin of -7.14% compared to SemiLEDs' net margin of -41.41%. Emeren Group's return on equity of -2.05% beat SemiLEDs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SemiLEDs	-41.41%	-81.97%	-17.62%
Emeren Group	-7.14%	-2.05%	-1.55%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LEDS or SOL?

SemiLEDs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Emeren Group. SemiLEDs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emeren Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SemiLEDs	$14.78M	1.20	-$2.04M	-$0.17	-12.76
Emeren Group	$92.07M	0.74	-$3.19M	-$0.21	-6.33

Does the media prefer LEDS or SOL?

In the previous week, SemiLEDs and SemiLEDs both had 3 articles in the media. SemiLEDs' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Emeren Group's score of 0.81 indicating that SemiLEDs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SemiLEDs	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Emeren Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LEDS or SOL?

76.3% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Emeren Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Emeren Group shares are owned 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.

Do analysts rate LEDS or SOL?

Emeren Group has a consensus target price of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 210.15%. Given Emeren Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than SemiLEDs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SemiLEDs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Emeren Group	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Summary

Emeren Group beats SemiLEDs on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.