Valens Semiconductor (VLN) Competitors

Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) and nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate VLN or LASR?

Valens Semiconductor presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.05%. nLIGHT has a consensus target price of $15.70, suggesting a potential downside of 13.74%. Given Valens Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than nLIGHT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valens Semiconductor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
nLIGHT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VLN or LASR more profitable?

nLIGHT has a net margin of -24.16% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -41.94%. Valens Semiconductor's return on equity of -14.05% beat nLIGHT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valens Semiconductor	-41.94%	-14.05%	-12.51%
nLIGHT	-24.16%	-19.53%	-15.91%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VLN or LASR?

Valens Semiconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than nLIGHT. nLIGHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valens Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valens Semiconductor	$63.13M	3.62	-$19.66M	-$0.33	-6.52
nLIGHT	$205.69M	4.37	-$41.67M	-$1.13	-16.11

Does the media favor VLN or LASR?

In the previous week, nLIGHT had 7 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for nLIGHT and 2 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat nLIGHT's score of 1.44 indicating that Valens Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valens Semiconductor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
nLIGHT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, VLN or LASR?

Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLIGHT has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VLN or LASR?

33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of nLIGHT shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VLN or LASR?

nLIGHT received 187 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valens Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 12 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%
nLIGHT	Outperform Votes 199 63.99%	Underperform Votes 112 36.01%

Summary

Valens Semiconductor beats nLIGHT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.