POET vs. MRAM, RESN, FORA, LAZY, PXLW, NVTS, CLFD, VREX, KE, and LASR
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Resonant (RESN), Forian (FORA), Lazydays (LAZY), Pixelworks (PXLW), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Clearfield (CLFD), Varex Imaging (VREX), Kimball Electronics (KE), and nLIGHT (LASR).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) are both small-cap computer and technology 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.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Everspin Technologies received 272 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave Everspin Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
Everspin Technologies has a net margin of 12.77% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. Everspin Technologies' return on equity of 15.70% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Everspin Technologies 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.
In the previous week, Everspin Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Everspin Technologies and 4 mentions for POET Technologies. Everspin Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.07 indicating that Everspin Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 170.76%. Everspin Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.00%. Given POET Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Everspin Technologies.
Everspin Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everspin Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Everspin Technologies beats POET Technologies on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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