VLN vs. NSSC, PENG, JKS, DQ, BELFA, SHLS, AIOT, CSIQ, IMOS, and LASR
Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Penguin Solutions (PENG), JinkoSolar (JKS), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), Powerfleet (AIOT), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and nLIGHT (LASR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Valens Semiconductor vs.
Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) and Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Napco Security Technologies received 272 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Napco Security Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 31 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 1 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Napco Security Technologies' score of 0.17 indicating that Valens Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -41.94%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 27.65% beat Valens Semiconductor's return on equity.
85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Napco Security Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $32.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.78%. Valens Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.85%. Given Valens Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than Napco Security Technologies.
Summary
Napco Security Technologies beats Valens Semiconductor on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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