WOLF vs. KE, AMBQ, CSIQ, AIOT, BKSY, ICHR, IMOS, GILT, SKYT, and VREX
Should you be buying Wolfspeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolfspeed include Kimball Electronics (KE), Ambiq Micro (AMBQ), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), PowerFleet (AIOT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Ichor (ICHR), Chipmos Technologies (IMOS), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), and Varex Imaging (VREX). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Wolfspeed vs. Its Competitors
Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) and Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Kimball Electronics had 11 more articles in the media than Wolfspeed. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kimball Electronics and 4 mentions for Wolfspeed. Wolfspeed's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Kimball Electronics' score of 0.98 indicating that Wolfspeed is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Wolfspeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wolfspeed currently has a consensus target price of $9.80, indicating a potential upside of 650.96%. Kimball Electronics has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.37%. Given Wolfspeed's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Kimball Electronics.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Wolfspeed. Wolfspeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.14% compared to Wolfspeed's net margin of -212.41%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 5.11% beat Wolfspeed's return on equity.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats Wolfspeed on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WOLF) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
