DQ vs. PI, LPL, SIMO, VIAV, LUNR, KLIC, NN, HIMX, COMM, and PL
Should you be buying Daqo New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daqo New Energy include Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), NextNav (NN), Himax Technologies (HIMX), CommScope (COMM), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Daqo New Energy vs.
Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Impinj has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Daqo New Energy's net margin of -9.16%. Impinj's return on equity of 7.11% beat Daqo New Energy's return on equity.
47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Impinj shares are held 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 higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj 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.
Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Impinj received 119 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.74% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote.
Daqo New Energy currently has a consensus target price of $21.01, indicating a potential upside of 43.85%. Impinj has a consensus target price of $155.38, indicating a potential upside of 32.79%. Given Daqo New Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Daqo New Energy is more favorable than Impinj.
In the previous week, Impinj had 1 more articles in the media than Daqo New Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Impinj and 1 mentions for Daqo New Energy. Impinj's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Daqo New Energy's score of 1.39 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Impinj beats Daqo New Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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