Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS) Competitors

Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, SIMO or SHLS?

Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoals Technologies Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SIMO or SHLS?

78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SIMO or SHLS more profitable?

Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 11.29% compared to Shoals Technologies Group's net margin of 7.78%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 11.63% beat Shoals Technologies Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Motion Technology	11.29%	11.63%	8.77%
Shoals Technologies Group	7.78%	9.83%	6.60%

Do analysts prefer SIMO or SHLS?

Silicon Motion Technology currently has a consensus target price of $77.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. Shoals Technologies Group has a consensus target price of $8.45, suggesting a potential upside of 62.45%. Given Shoals Technologies Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoals Technologies Group is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silicon Motion Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Shoals Technologies Group	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Which has better valuation and earnings, SIMO or SHLS?

Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Shoals Technologies Group. Silicon Motion Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoals Technologies Group, 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
Silicon Motion Technology	$780.73M	2.92	$90.72M	$2.79	24.02
Shoals Technologies Group	$388.76M	2.24	$39.97M	$0.12	43.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIMO or SHLS?

Silicon Motion Technology received 756 more outperform votes than Shoals Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.38% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave Shoals Technologies Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silicon Motion Technology	Outperform Votes 857 76.38%	Underperform Votes 265 23.62%
Shoals Technologies Group	Outperform Votes 101 50.75%	Underperform Votes 98 49.25%

Does the media prefer SIMO or SHLS?

In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Shoals Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 6 mentions for Shoals Technologies Group. Shoals Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.68 indicating that Shoals Technologies Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silicon Motion Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shoals Technologies Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Silicon Motion Technology beats Shoals Technologies Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.