PL vs. TSEM, PI, LPL, SIMO, LUNR, VIAV, NN, KLIC, HIMX, and COMM
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Himax Technologies (HIMX), and CommScope (COMM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC vs.
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -48.88%. Tower Semiconductor's return on equity of 8.11% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
Tower Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.41%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus price target of $5.98, suggesting a potential upside of 61.40%. Given Planet Labs PBC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Tower Semiconductor.
Tower Semiconductor received 373 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 58.46% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tower Semiconductor had 10 more articles in the media than Planet Labs PBC. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tower Semiconductor and 5 mentions for Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Tower Semiconductor's score of 0.88 indicating that Planet Labs PBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor beats Planet Labs PBC on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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