MIND Technology (MIND) Competitors

MIND Technology (NASDAQ:MIND) and Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MIND or PXLW?

MIND Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Pixelworks. Pixelworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MIND Technology, 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
MIND Technology	$46.86M	0.18	$270K	$3.01	2.00
Pixelworks	$34.25M	0.78	-$28.72M	-$0.53	-9.57

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MIND or PXLW?

9.8% of MIND Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of Pixelworks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of MIND Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Pixelworks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate MIND or PXLW?

Pixelworks has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 195.86%. Given Pixelworks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pixelworks is more favorable than MIND Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MIND Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Pixelworks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MIND or PXLW more profitable?

MIND Technology has a net margin of 9.92% compared to Pixelworks' net margin of -66.47%. MIND Technology's return on equity of -104.48% beat Pixelworks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MIND Technology	9.92%	-104.48%	12.74%
Pixelworks	-66.47%	-111.21%	-33.20%

Does the media prefer MIND or PXLW?

In the previous week, MIND Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Pixelworks. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MIND Technology and 5 mentions for Pixelworks. Pixelworks' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat MIND Technology's score of 0.04 indicating that Pixelworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MIND Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pixelworks	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MIND or PXLW?

Pixelworks received 86 more outperform votes than MIND Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave MIND Technology an outperform vote while only 58.35% of users gave Pixelworks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MIND Technology	Outperform Votes 169 67.87%	Underperform Votes 80 32.13%
Pixelworks	Outperform Votes 255 58.35%	Underperform Votes 182 41.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, MIND or PXLW?

MIND Technology has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pixelworks has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MIND Technology and Pixelworks tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.