POET vs. LPTH, MOBX, NA, EMKR, GSIT, FORA, ATOM, PXLW, MRAM, and VLN
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Mobix Labs (MOBX), Nano Labs (NA), EMCORE (EMKR), GSI Technology (GSIT), Forian (FORA), Atomera (ATOM), Pixelworks (PXLW), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), and Valens Semiconductor (VLN).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 447.45%. LightPath Technologies has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.39%. Given POET Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than LightPath Technologies.
LightPath Technologies has a net margin of -15.48% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -2,526.04%. LightPath Technologies' return on equity of -14.22% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
LightPath Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. LightPath Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POET Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LightPath Technologies has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LightPath Technologies received 317 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave LightPath Technologies an outperform vote.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of LightPath Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, POET Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than LightPath Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for POET Technologies and 3 mentions for LightPath Technologies. LightPath Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.13 indicating that LightPath Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
LightPath Technologies beats POET Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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