VICR vs. VREX, MVIS, AEIS, PI, WIRE, FELE, ENS, BDC, BRC, and POWL
Should you be buying Vicor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vicor include Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Impinj (PI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), and Powell Industries (POWL).
Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) and Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Vicor has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
Vicor has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Varex Imaging's net margin of 4.90%. Vicor's return on equity of 8.55% beat Varex Imaging's return on equity.
Vicor presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.19%. Varex Imaging has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 94.17%. Given Varex Imaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Vicor.
In the previous week, Vicor had 3 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vicor and 3 mentions for Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Vicor's score of 0.38 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vicor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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