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$1.71 -0.06 (-3.39%)
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VLN vs. POET, KE, LAES, ICHR, AIOT, AMBQ, AIP, IPAX, CLFD, and VREX

Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include POET Technologies (POET), Kimball Electronics (KE), SEALSQ (LAES), Ichor (ICHR), PowerFleet (AIOT), Ambiq Micro (AMBQ), Arteris (AIP), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Clearfield (CLFD), and Varex Imaging (VREX). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Valens Semiconductor vs. Its Competitors

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

Valens Semiconductor has a net margin of -49.80% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -11,497.01%. Valens Semiconductor's return on equity of -21.26% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
POET Technologies-11,497.01% -141.43% -68.54%
Valens Semiconductor -49.80%-21.26%-17.67%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
POET Technologies$467.95K1,361.00-$56.70M-$0.81-8.67
Valens Semiconductor$57.86M3.14-$36.58M-$0.32-5.34

2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, POET Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for POET Technologies and 1 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.60 indicating that Valens Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
POET Technologies Positive
Valens Semiconductor Positive

POET Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.97%. Valens Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.92%. Given Valens Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than POET Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
POET Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Valens Semiconductor
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

POET Technologies has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valens Semiconductor beats POET Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VLN vs. The Competition

MetricValens SemiconductorELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$188.23M$47.52B$32.71B$21.76B
Dividend YieldN/A2.04%3.21%3.62%
P/E Ratio-5.34721.14485.9432.43
Price / Sales3.1456.771,666.9358.85
Price / CashN/A108.4437.7224.38
Price / Book1.286.527.414.59
Net Income-$36.58M$551.26M$820.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.09%6.61%0.67%1.31%
1 Month Performance-11.86%9.09%1.11%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-12.08%65.24%23,946.42%9.54%

Valens Semiconductor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLN
Valens Semiconductor
3.257 of 5 stars
$1.71
-3.4%
$4.00
+133.9%
-6.0%$188.23M$57.86M-5.34310Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
POET
POET Technologies
0.6787 of 5 stars
$8.43
+10.5%
$6.25
-25.9%
+70.4%$692.22M$40K-10.4153Gap Up
KE
Kimball Electronics
2.3009 of 5 stars
$28.36
+3.3%
$28.00
-1.3%
+50.4%$669.67M$1.49B42.335,700Analyst Forecast
LAES
SEALSQ
0.2529 of 5 stars
$6.13
+13.3%
N/A+1,406.3%$669.39M$10.98M0.0061Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ICHR
Ichor
2.8653 of 5 stars
$20.47
+11.9%
$23.80
+16.3%
-22.8%$627.85M$849.04M-33.562,380Gap Down
AIOT
PowerFleet
3.1036 of 5 stars
$5.14
+10.3%
$10.50
+104.3%
+1.5%$621.85M$362.52M-17.132,518Positive News
AMBQ
Ambiq Micro
N/A$32.12
+4.4%
$43.75
+36.2%
N/A$561.10M$76.07M0.00190Short Interest ↑
AIP
Arteris
2.8488 of 5 stars
$13.35
+7.7%
$15.00
+12.4%
+77.5%$528.43M$57.72M-16.28240Gap Up
IPAX
Inflection Point Acquisition
N/A$12.23
-4.0%
N/A+41.3%$504.11MN/A0.001Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CLFD
Clearfield
2.8009 of 5 stars
$35.52
+2.0%
$47.50
+33.7%
-9.5%$481M$166.71M3,552.001,130
VREX
Varex Imaging
4.2933 of 5 stars
$11.25
+4.1%
$19.50
+73.3%
-4.7%$448.61M$811M-3.502,300Positive News

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