GIA vs. IRIX, CUTR, XNET, FGMC, CODA, SLAC, ZFOX, RNLX, PXLW, and ARBB
Should you be buying GigCapital5 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GigCapital5 include IRIDEX (IRIX), Cutera (CUTR), Xunlei (XNET), FG Merger (FGMC), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (SLAC), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Renalytix (RNLX), Pixelworks (PXLW), and ARB IOT Group (ARBB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GigCapital5 vs.
GigCapital5 (NYSE:GIA) and IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
IRIDEX received 254 more outperform votes than GigCapital5 when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, IRIDEX had 2 more articles in the media than GigCapital5. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IRIDEX and 1 mentions for GigCapital5. GigCapital5's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat IRIDEX's score of 0.62 indicating that GigCapital5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
12.6% of GigCapital5 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of IRIDEX shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of GigCapital5 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of IRIDEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
GigCapital5 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IRIDEX.
GigCapital5 has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRIDEX has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IRIDEX has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given IRIDEX's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IRIDEX is more favorable than GigCapital5.
GigCapital5 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IRIDEX's net margin of -12.65%. GigCapital5's return on equity of 0.00% beat IRIDEX's return on equity.
Summary
GigCapital5 and IRIDEX tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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