QUIK vs. GSIT, NVEC, AOSL, CAN, VLN, AIP, TGAN, AXTI, POET, and ATOM
Should you be buying QuickLogic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuickLogic include GSI Technology (GSIT), NVE (NVEC), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Canaan (CAN), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), AXT (AXTI), POET Technologies (POET), and Atomera (ATOM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) and GSI Technology (NASDAQ:GSIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
QuickLogic currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Given QuickLogic's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than GSI Technology.
QuickLogic has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSI Technology has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QuickLogic has a net margin of -1.24% compared to GSI Technology's net margin of -92.29%. QuickLogic's return on equity of -1.85% beat GSI Technology's return on equity.
QuickLogic received 103 more outperform votes than GSI Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote while only 40.71% of users gave GSI Technology an outperform vote.
QuickLogic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GSI Technology. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GSI Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, GSI Technology had 5 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for GSI Technology and 4 mentions for QuickLogic. QuickLogic's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat GSI Technology's score of 0.15 indicating that QuickLogic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.2% of GSI Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of GSI Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
QuickLogic beats GSI Technology on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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