QuickLogic (QUIK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QUIK or NVEC?

QuickLogic received 19 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QuickLogic	Outperform Votes 223 55.75%	Underperform Votes 177 44.25%
NVE	Outperform Votes 204 56.98%	Underperform Votes 154 43.02%

Do analysts prefer QUIK or NVEC?

QuickLogic presently has a consensus target price of $10.87, indicating a potential upside of 103.50%. Given QuickLogic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NVE.

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

Does the media refer more to QUIK or NVEC?

In the previous week, NVE had 35 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for NVE and 3 mentions for QuickLogic. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat QuickLogic's score of 0.03 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QuickLogic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NVE	4 Very Positive mention(s)	32 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NVE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, QUIK or NVEC?

QuickLogic has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, QUIK or NVEC?

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
QuickLogic	$18.77M	4.51	-$260K	-$0.41	-13.02
NVE	$25.87M	13.33	$17.12M	$3.11	22.93

Is QUIK or NVEC more profitable?

NVE has a net margin of 58.33% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of -6.83%. NVE's return on equity of 23.21% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuickLogic	-6.83%	-7.30%	-3.04%
NVE	58.33%	23.21%	22.71%

Summary

NVE beats QuickLogic on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.