SQNS vs. EMKR, LAES, MMAT, LEDS, NA, WISA, LPTH, MOBX, POET, and GSIT
Should you be buying Sequans Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sequans Communications include EMCORE (EMKR), SEALSQ (LAES), Meta Materials (MMAT), SemiLEDs (LEDS), Nano Labs (NA), WiSA Technologies (WISA), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Mobix Labs (MOBX), POET Technologies (POET), and GSI Technology (GSIT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) and EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
EMCORE received 16 more outperform votes than Sequans Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.02% of users gave Sequans Communications an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave EMCORE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sequans Communications had 1 more articles in the media than EMCORE. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sequans Communications and 1 mentions for EMCORE. Sequans Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat EMCORE's score of 0.00 indicating that Sequans Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sequans Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EMCORE. Sequans Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCORE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sequans Communications currently has a consensus target price of $3.01, suggesting a potential upside of 478.85%. EMCORE has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 411.95%. Given Sequans Communications' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sequans Communications is more favorable than EMCORE.
EMCORE has a net margin of -67.43% compared to Sequans Communications' net margin of -122.10%. EMCORE's return on equity of -26.76% beat Sequans Communications' return on equity.
63.3% of Sequans Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of EMCORE shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Sequans Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of EMCORE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCORE has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EMCORE beats Sequans Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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