PI vs. VICR, AEIS, LPL, MVIS, VRT, PD, SVFCX, ACIW, INTA, and PRGS
Should you be buying Impinj stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impinj include Vicor (VICR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), LG Display (LPL), MicroVision (MVIS), Vertiv (VRT), PagerDuty (PD), Smead Value Fund (SVFCX), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Intapp (INTA), and Progress Software (PRGS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Impinj vs.
Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Vicor has a net margin of 9.30% compared to Impinj's net margin of -6.26%. Vicor's return on equity of 8.25% beat Impinj's return on equity.
Vicor has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Impinj has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of Impinj shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Impinj shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Impinj received 195 more outperform votes than Vicor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.20% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
Impinj currently has a consensus target price of $137.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.07%. Vicor has a consensus target price of $54.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.67%. Given Impinj's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Impinj is more favorable than Vicor.
In the previous week, Impinj had 7 more articles in the media than Vicor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Impinj and 3 mentions for Vicor. Vicor's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Impinj's score of 0.62 indicating that Vicor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Impinj and Vicor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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