SPI vs. FKWL, DZSI, SNT, SQNS, EBON, SONM, ALPP, MTEK, AKTS, and AMPG
Should you be buying SPI Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPI Energy include Franklin Wireless (FKWL), DZS (DZSI), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Sequans Communications (SQNS), Ebang International (EBON), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Alpine 4 (ALPP), Maris-Tech (MTEK), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), and AmpliTech Group (AMPG). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) and SPI Energy (NASDAQ:SPI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Franklin Wireless has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SPI Energy. Franklin Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of SPI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of Franklin Wireless shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of SPI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPI Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SPI Energy received 107 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users.
SPI Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SPI Energy's net margin of -9.13%. Franklin Wireless' return on equity of 0.00% beat SPI Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, SPI Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Wireless. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SPI Energy and 2 mentions for Franklin Wireless. SPI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Franklin Wireless' score of -0.05 indicating that Franklin Wireless is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
SPI Energy beats Franklin Wireless on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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