DQ vs. SITM, OLED, ALGM, PI, LPL, COMM, SIMO, PL, VIAV, 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), Universal Display (OLED), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of DAQO New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of SiTime shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of DAQO New Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SiTime has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DAQO New Energy has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SiTime had 10 more articles in the media than DAQO New Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for SiTime and 9 mentions for DAQO New Energy. DAQO New Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat SiTime's score of 0.20 indicating that DAQO New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SiTime has a net margin of -32.15% compared to DAQO New Energy's net margin of -65.64%. DAQO New Energy's return on equity of -6.54% beat SiTime's return on equity.
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.
SiTime presently has a consensus price target of $258.33, indicating a potential downside of 16.75%. DAQO New Energy has a consensus price target of $25.84, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given DAQO New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DAQO New Energy is more favorable than SiTime.
Summary
DAQO New Energy beats SiTime 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 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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