AUO vs. EMKR, SPI, ROCG, VIAOY, TWLO, PSTG, FTV, CLS, Z, and RBRK
Should you be buying AU Optronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AU Optronics include EMCORE (EMKR), SPI Energy (SPI), Roth CH Acquisition IV (ROCG), VIA optronics (VIAOY), Twilio (TWLO), Pure Storage (PSTG), Fortive (FTV), Celestica (CLS), Zillow Group (Z), and Rubrik (RBRK).
AU Optronics vs. Its Competitors
EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) and AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.
EMCORE currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.23%. Given EMCORE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EMCORE is more favorable than AU Optronics.
EMCORE has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AU Optronics has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EMCORE had 1 more articles in the media than AU Optronics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EMCORE and 0 mentions for AU Optronics. EMCORE's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AU Optronics'average media sentiment score.
AU Optronics has a net margin of -0.59% compared to EMCORE's net margin of -42.00%. AU Optronics' return on equity of -0.81% beat EMCORE's return on equity.
65.7% of EMCORE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of AU Optronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of EMCORE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of AU Optronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AU Optronics has higher revenue and earnings than EMCORE. EMCORE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AU Optronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AU Optronics beats EMCORE on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AUO) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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