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Valens Semiconductor (VLN) Competitors

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$2.10 +0.08 (+3.96%)
(As of 12/6/2024 ET)

VLN vs. CSIQ, IMOS, CAN, NVTS, LASR, FTCI, NVEC, SKYT, POET, and AIP

Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include Canadian Solar (CSIQ), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Canaan (CAN), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), FTC Solar (FTCI), NVE (NVEC), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), POET Technologies (POET), and Arteris (AIP). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.

Valens Semiconductor vs.

Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Valens Semiconductor. Canadian Solar 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
Canadian Solar$7.61B0.10$274.19M-$0.12-100.08
Valens Semiconductor$84.16M2.65-$19.66M-$0.25-8.40

Canadian Solar currently has a consensus target price of $18.94, indicating a potential upside of 57.73%. Valens Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.48%. Given Valens Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than Canadian Solar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Solar
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
Valens Semiconductor
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Canadian Solar has a net margin of 0.56% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -41.94%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 0.99% beat Valens Semiconductor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Solar0.56% 0.99% 0.31%
Valens Semiconductor -41.94%-14.05%-12.51%

In the previous week, Canadian Solar had 11 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Canadian Solar and 5 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Canadian Solar's score of 0.38 indicating that Valens Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Solar
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Valens Semiconductor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Canadian Solar received 527 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.95% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian SolarOutperform Votes
537
58.95%
Underperform Votes
374
41.05%
Valens SemiconductorOutperform Votes
10
41.67%
Underperform Votes
14
58.33%

Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Canadian Solar beats Valens Semiconductor on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VLN vs. The Competition

MetricValens SemiconductorSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$223.40M$62.58B$23.21B$19.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.02%2.71%3.47%
P/E Ratio-8.4039.84240.4043.31
Price / Sales2.6526.513,935.7018.30
Price / CashN/A25.4436.7422.48
Price / Book1.337.618.145.59
Net Income-$19.66M$983.89M$592.81M$938.38M
7 Day Performance6.60%9.40%1.76%-0.87%
1 Month Performance11.11%6.49%6.57%1.34%
1 Year Performance-10.64%15.70%29.02%23.96%

Valens Semiconductor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLN
Valens Semiconductor
3.03 of 5 stars
$2.10
+4.0%
$4.00
+90.5%
-10.6%$223.40M$84.16M-8.40241
CSIQ
Canadian Solar
3.1548 of 5 stars
$12.41
-2.7%
$19.94
+60.7%
-45.6%$821.03M$6.51B24.3322,234Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IMOS
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES
N/A$19.87
+1.3%
N/A-25.4%$722.47M$685.98M13.805,396
CAN
Canaan
0.853 of 5 stars
$2.08
-2.1%
$2.67
+28.5%
+108.2%$584.28M$189.34M-1.62350Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NVTS
Navitas Semiconductor
2.6886 of 5 stars
$2.95
+7.3%
$4.75
+61.0%
-50.3%$551.05M$91.38M-7.24314Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
LASR
nLIGHT
2.9005 of 5 stars
$10.95
+0.8%
$16.17
+47.6%
-16.6%$530.31M$209.92M-10.541,100News Coverage
Positive News
FTCI
FTC Solar
3.4348 of 5 stars
$3.40
+8.0%
$0.85
-75.0%
-55.0%$434.41M$57.35M-9.07220Stock Split
Gap Up
NVEC
NVE
1.7282 of 5 stars
$79.15
+2.4%
N/A+3.4%$382.61M$27.38M23.1450News Coverage
Positive News
SKYT
SkyWater Technology
2.0743 of 5 stars
$7.94
+0.4%
$12.75
+60.6%
+16.1%$378.39M$345.94M-22.69590News Coverage
Gap Up
POET
POET Technologies
1.6569 of 5 stars
$5.02
-7.2%
$6.25
+24.5%
+384.0%$355.54M$119,946.00-8.9553High Trading Volume
AIP
Arteris
3.3976 of 5 stars
$8.52
-2.0%
$13.00
+52.6%
+59.1%$342.31M$54.74M-9.05240Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News

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