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JKS vs. LPL, COMM, SIMO, VIAV, PL, NN, KLIC, SEDG, AAOI, and LUNR

Should you be buying JinkoSolar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JinkoSolar include LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Planet Labs PBC (PL), NextNav (NN), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), and Intuitive Machines (LUNR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

JinkoSolar vs. Its Competitors

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and LG Display (NYSE:LPL) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

JinkoSolar currently has a consensus target price of $27.19, suggesting a potential upside of 15.53%. Given JinkoSolar's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than LG Display.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JinkoSolar
4 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.57
LG Display
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60

JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LG Display has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

JinkoSolar has a net margin of -2.23% compared to LG Display's net margin of -2.25%. JinkoSolar's return on equity of -2.95% beat LG Display's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JinkoSolar-2.23% -2.95% -0.76%
LG Display -2.25%-7.60%-1.92%

In the previous week, JinkoSolar and JinkoSolar both had 5 articles in the media. JinkoSolar's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat LG Display's score of 0.13 indicating that JinkoSolar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JinkoSolar
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LG Display
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than LG Display. LG Display is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JinkoSolar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JinkoSolar$83.06B0.01$7.47M-$5.02-4.69
LG Display$19.51B0.22-$1.79B-$0.42-10.18

35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of LG Display shares are held 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.

Summary

JinkoSolar beats LG Display on 11 of the 15 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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JKS vs. The Competition

MetricJinkoSolarSolar IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.21B$2.12B$7.94B$21.17B
Dividend Yield5.55%4.52%11.00%3.59%
P/E Ratio-4.697.0072.8829.15
Price / Sales0.01152.9324,726.6654.92
Price / Cash1.099.4235.9423.84
Price / Book0.285.664.035.45
Net Income$7.47M-$167.64M$4.27B$992.10M
7 Day Performance2.28%5.44%1.56%2.62%
1 Month Performance-4.67%10.25%1.66%2.51%
1 Year Performance30.97%14.33%10.40%12.94%

JinkoSolar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JKS
JinkoSolar
1.5096 of 5 stars
$23.54
+4.1%
$27.19
+15.5%
+16.8%$1.21B$83.06B-4.6933,830News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
LPL
LG Display
1.932 of 5 stars
$4.42
-0.5%
N/A+1.3%$4.42B$19.51B-10.5260,792Short Interest ↓
COMM
CommScope
4.2841 of 5 stars
$15.69
+1.2%
$14.75
-6.0%
+278.1%$3.48B$4.21B5.9020,000Options Volume
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
4.5916 of 5 stars
$75.19
+2.1%
$87.78
+16.7%
+13.3%$2.56B$768.74M31.731,819Positive News
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.6381 of 5 stars
$10.73
-0.5%
$13.31
+24.1%
+30.0%$2.40B$1.08B67.073,600Positive News
PL
Planet Labs PBC
1.5513 of 5 stars
$6.85
+1.0%
$6.86
+0.1%
+134.2%$2.08B$244.35M-19.03800
NN
NextNav
1.7491 of 5 stars
$14.74
+1.6%
$20.00
+35.7%
+104.1%$1.96B$5.67M-11.4360
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
3.7827 of 5 stars
$36.60
+1.4%
$44.33
+21.1%
-16.9%$1.91B$657.84M457.502,746News Coverage
Positive News
SEDG
SolarEdge Technologies
3.7164 of 5 stars
$31.16
+3.7%
$17.70
-43.2%
+12.5%$1.85B$901.46M-1.044,930News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AAOI
Applied Optoelectronics
2.4431 of 5 stars
$26.13
+16.8%
$27.20
+4.1%
+165.7%$1.63B$249.37M-7.783,309Positive News
LUNR
Intuitive Machines
3.4259 of 5 stars
$9.08
-0.1%
$15.35
+69.1%
+60.6%$1.62B$228M-2.801Analyst Forecast

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