BEEM vs. KOPN, GSIT, AIP, TGAN, VLN, GCTS, CAN, MX, QUIK, and MAXN
Should you be buying Beam Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beam Global include Kopin (KOPN), GSI Technology (GSIT), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), and Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
26.6% of Beam Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Beam Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Beam Global currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 209.28%. Kopin has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 274.11%. Given Kopin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Beam Global.
Beam Global has a net margin of -22.16% compared to Kopin's net margin of -125.20%. Beam Global's return on equity of -30.53% beat Kopin's return on equity.
Kopin received 280 more outperform votes than Beam Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.93% of users gave Kopin an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Beam Global an outperform vote.
Beam Global has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Beam Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Beam Global and Beam Global both had 2 articles in the media. Beam Global's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kopin's score of 0.21 indicating that Beam Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beam Global has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kopin beats Beam Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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