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BKSY vs. HIMX, COMM, SEDG, PL, AAOI, PENG, JKS, NSSC, DQ, and BELFA

Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include Himax Technologies (HIMX), CommScope (COMM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Penguin Solutions (PENG), JinkoSolar (JKS), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Daqo New Energy (DQ), and Bel Fuse (BELFA). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

BlackSky Technology vs.

Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Himax Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $11.90, indicating a potential upside of 44.77%. BlackSky Technology has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 89.39%. Given BlackSky Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackSky Technology is more favorable than Himax Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Himax Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BlackSky Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Himax Technologies$914.39M1.57$79.75M$0.4916.78
BlackSky Technology$107.40M3.16-$53.86M-$2.57-4.18

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Himax TechnologiesOutperform Votes
580
65.32%
Underperform Votes
308
34.68%
BlackSky TechnologyOutperform Votes
19
90.48%
Underperform Votes
2
9.52%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Himax Technologies8.80% 9.09% 4.84%
BlackSky Technology -38.83%-49.91%-19.97%

In the previous week, Himax Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than BlackSky Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Himax Technologies and 4 mentions for BlackSky Technology. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat BlackSky Technology's score of 0.98 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Himax Technologies
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackSky Technology
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Himax Technologies beats BlackSky Technology on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BKSY vs. The Competition

MetricBlackSky TechnologyRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$339.82M$10.38B$24.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%2.48%3.84%
P/E Ratio-4.7512.1133.0934.53
Price / Sales3.165.35283.6434.83
Price / CashN/A12.3530.9317.51
Price / Book2.067.595.414.69
Net Income-$53.86M$358.06M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-11.57%-0.77%-0.21%-1.74%
1 Month Performance56.14%17.38%16.44%7.50%
1 Year Performance17.72%33.54%18.15%4.15%

BlackSky Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKSY
BlackSky Technology
2.2603 of 5 stars
$10.74
-5.7%
$20.33
+89.4%
+23.0%$339.82M$107.40M-4.75210Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HIMX
Himax Technologies
3.992 of 5 stars
$8.17
+7.5%
$11.90
+45.7%
+25.8%$1.43B$906.80M18.162,100Positive News
COMM
CommScope
3.2276 of 5 stars
$5.50
+14.1%
$4.75
-13.6%
+340.5%$1.19B$4.42B-1.2430,000Positive News
Gap Down
SEDG
SolarEdge Technologies
3.6293 of 5 stars
$19.16
-3.4%
$16.32
-14.8%
-59.1%$1.13B$916.54M-0.614,930Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PL
Planet Labs PBC
2.1848 of 5 stars
$3.74
+4.9%
$5.98
+60.1%
+93.0%$1.13B$244.35M-9.11800News Coverage
Gap Down
AAOI
Applied Optoelectronics
1.6194 of 5 stars
$18.24
+24.3%
$22.00
+20.6%
+42.3%$1.01B$249.37M-8.852,210Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PENG
Penguin Solutions
2.4329 of 5 stars
$18.91
+7.4%
$24.94
+31.9%
N/A$998.47M$1.32B-36.372,700Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
JKS
JinkoSolar
2.5042 of 5 stars
$19.36
+2.8%
$27.19
+40.5%
-23.1%$994.61M$83.06B32.8131,000Gap Down
NSSC
Napco Security Technologies
2.8474 of 5 stars
$27.41
+3.9%
$32.20
+17.5%
-40.4%$977.33M$181.23M21.081,150Trending News
DQ
Daqo New Energy
3.5566 of 5 stars
$13.98
+6.7%
$21.01
+50.3%
-27.1%$937.26M$737.68M-7.562,400Positive News
BELFA
Bel Fuse
2.4989 of 5 stars
$71.14
+9.8%
$115.00
+61.7%
-13.4%$901.13M$558.94M23.026,300

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This page (NYSE:BKSY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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