DQ vs. SITM, ALGM, TSEM, PI, LPL, COMM, SIMO, VIAV, PL, and NN
Should you be buying DAQO New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DAQO New Energy include SiTime (SITM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and NextNav (NN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
DAQO New Energy vs. Its Competitors
SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and DAQO New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
SiTime has a net margin of -32.15% compared to DAQO New Energy's net margin of -58.63%. DAQO New Energy's return on equity of -7.16% beat SiTime's return on equity.
SiTime has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DAQO New Energy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
84.3% of SiTime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of DAQO New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of SiTime shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of DAQO New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SiTime presently has a consensus target price of $240.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.41%. DAQO New Energy has a consensus target price of $23.22, indicating a potential upside of 1.52%. Given DAQO New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DAQO New Energy is more favorable than SiTime.
SiTime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DAQO New Energy. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DAQO New Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SiTime had 1 more articles in the media than DAQO New Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SiTime and 7 mentions for DAQO New Energy. DAQO New Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat SiTime's score of 1.24 indicating that DAQO New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SiTime beats DAQO New Energy on 9 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:DQ) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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