VLN vs. HIMX, SGH, IMOS, AOSL, NVTS, LASR, SPWR, ICG, AAOI, and SKYT
Should you be buying Valens Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valens Semiconductor include Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), SunPower (SPWR), Intchains Group (ICG), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), and SkyWater Technology (SKYT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Valens Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 73.48%. Himax Technologies has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.08%. Given Valens Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valens Semiconductor is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Valens Semiconductor. Valens Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.9% of Valens Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Valens Semiconductor's net margin of -33.86%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 5.66% beat Valens Semiconductor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Himax Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Valens Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Himax Technologies and 2 mentions for Valens Semiconductor. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Valens Semiconductor's score of -2.00 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valens Semiconductor has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies received 567 more outperform votes than Valens Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Valens Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Valens Semiconductor on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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