QuickLogic (QUIK) Competitors

NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NVEC or QUIK?

NVE has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, 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
NVE	$25.88M	11.54	$15.06M	$3.00	20.57
QuickLogic	$18.77M	4.87	-$3.84M	-$0.41	-14.07

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NVEC or QUIK?

66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NVEC or QUIK?

NVE has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NVEC or QUIK?

In the previous week, NVE had 66 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for NVE and 1 mentions for QuickLogic. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat QuickLogic's score of 0.00 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NVE	12 Very Positive mention(s)	43 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QuickLogic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate NVEC or QUIK?

QuickLogic has a consensus price target of $10.87, suggesting a potential upside of 88.33%. Given QuickLogic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NVE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NVE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
QuickLogic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Is NVEC or QUIK more profitable?

NVE has a net margin of 57.71% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of -33.31%. NVE's return on equity of 23.16% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NVE	57.71%	23.16%	22.52%
QuickLogic	-33.31%	-25.69%	-12.17%

Summary

NVE beats QuickLogic on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.