Valens Semiconductor (VLN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend VLN or CAN?

Valens Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 111.86%. Canaan has a consensus price target of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 361.91%. Given Canaan's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than Valens Semiconductor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valens Semiconductor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Canaan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VLN or CAN more profitable?

Valens Semiconductor has a net margin of -23.36% compared to Canaan's net margin of -195.84%. Valens Semiconductor's return on equity of -12.05% beat Canaan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valens Semiconductor	-23.36%	-12.05%	-10.81%
Canaan	-195.84%	-80.13%	-63.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLN or CAN?

Canaan received 2 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valens Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 8 36.36%	Underperform Votes 14 63.64%
Canaan	Outperform Votes 10 58.82%	Underperform Votes 7 41.18%

Which has more volatility and risk, VLN or CAN?

Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaan has a beta of 3.01, suggesting that its stock price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VLN or CAN?

33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Canaan shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canaan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VLN or CAN?

Valens Semiconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaan. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, 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	$84.16M	2.92	-$19.66M	-$0.19	-12.42
Canaan	$211.48M	1.00	-$414.15M	-$2.40	-0.38

Does the media refer more to VLN or CAN?

In the previous week, Canaan had 14 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Canaan and 3 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Canaan's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Valens Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Canaan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valens Semiconductor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canaan	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Canaan beats Valens Semiconductor on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.