QuickLogic (QUIK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NVEC or QUIK?

66.0% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate NVEC or QUIK?

QuickLogic has a consensus price target of $10.87, indicating a potential upside of 76.98%. 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
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

Does the media refer more to NVEC or QUIK?

In the previous week, NVE had 22 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NVE and 3 mentions for QuickLogic. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat QuickLogic's score of 0.31 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NVE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QuickLogic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, NVEC or QUIK?

NVE has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	14.90	$15.06M	$3.11	25.62
QuickLogic	$20.11M	4.84	-$3.84M	-$0.41	-14.98

Is NVEC or QUIK more profitable?

NVE has a net margin of 58.22% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of -33.31%. NVE's return on equity of 23.63% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NVE	58.22%	23.63%	23.05%
QuickLogic	-33.31%	-25.69%	-12.17%

Summary

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