DQ vs. TSEM, OLED, SITM, ALGM, PI, LPL, COMM, SIMO, VIAV, and NN
Should you be buying DAQO New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DAQO New Energy include Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Universal Display (OLED), SiTime (SITM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and NextNav (NN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
DAQO New Energy vs. Its Competitors
DAQO New Energy (NYSE:DQ) and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than DAQO New Energy. DAQO New Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.2% of DAQO New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of DAQO New Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DAQO New Energy has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DAQO New Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Tower Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DAQO New Energy and 13 mentions for Tower Semiconductor. DAQO New Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Tower Semiconductor's score of 0.82 indicating that DAQO New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DAQO New Energy presently has a consensus target price of $28.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Tower Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.40%. Given DAQO New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DAQO New Energy is more favorable than Tower Semiconductor.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 13.20% compared to DAQO New Energy's net margin of -65.64%. Tower Semiconductor's return on equity of 7.37% beat DAQO New Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor beats DAQO New Energy on 10 of the 16 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 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
