PI vs. AEIS, LPL, VICR, VREX, MVIS, NEON, NSYS, LGL, OST, and CRKN
Should you be buying Impinj stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impinj include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), LG Display (LPL), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Neonode (NEON), Nortech Systems (NSYS), The LGL Group (LGL), Ostin Technology Group (OST), and Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Impinj shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of -1.90%. Impinj's return on equity of 11.65% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries received 28 more outperform votes than Impinj when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Impinj. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 5 mentions for Impinj. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Impinj's score of 1.17 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $108.86, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Impinj has a consensus target price of $143.10, indicating a potential downside of 12.57%. Given Impinj's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Impinj.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Impinj on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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