PLPC vs. AOSL, BLND, EVLV, CASS, ATEX, MITK, SMWB, MGIC, PERI, and KC
Should you be buying Preformed Line Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Preformed Line Products include Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Blend Labs (BLND), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Cass Information Systems (CASS), Anterix (ATEX), Mitek Systems (MITK), Similarweb (SMWB), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Perion Network (PERI), and Kingsoft Cloud (KC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Preformed Line Products (NASDAQ:PLPC) and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Preformed Line Products has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's net margin of -2.68%. Preformed Line Products' return on equity of 15.89% beat Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor received 86 more outperform votes than Preformed Line Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.87% of users gave Preformed Line Products an outperform vote while only 57.95% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Preformed Line Products has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.93%. Given Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than Preformed Line Products.
Preformed Line Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Preformed Line Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had 9 more articles in the media than Preformed Line Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and 0 mentions for Preformed Line Products. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Preformed Line Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.2% of Preformed Line Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 35.6% of Preformed Line Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Preformed Line Products beats Alpha and Omega Semiconductor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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