BKSY vs. HIMX, NVTS, COMM, SEDG, PENG, NSSC, JKS, DQ, AAOI, and LASR
Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include Himax Technologies (HIMX), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), CommScope (COMM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Penguin Solutions (PENG), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), JinkoSolar (JKS), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), and nLIGHT (LASR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
BlackSky Technology vs. Its Competitors
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 8.80% compared to BlackSky Technology's net margin of -38.83%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 9.09% beat BlackSky Technology's return on equity.
BlackSky Technology presently has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 77.89%. Himax Technologies has a consensus target price of $11.90, suggesting a potential upside of 30.63%. Given BlackSky Technology's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BlackSky Technology is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
27.1% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by company 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.
BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies received 561 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than BlackSky Technology. BlackSky Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Himax Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than BlackSky Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Himax Technologies and 2 mentions for BlackSky Technology. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat BlackSky Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats BlackSky Technology on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BKSY) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
