AMSC vs. SGU, BLZE, ZH, MEI, SRI, CRNC, AVNW, OUST, VPG, and SOHU
Should you be buying American Superconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Superconductor include Star Group (SGU), Backblaze (BLZE), Zhihu (ZH), Methode Electronics (MEI), Stoneridge (SRI), Cerence (CRNC), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Ouster (OUST), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), and Sohu.com (SOHU). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) and Star Group (NYSE:SGU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
American Superconductor presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.65%. Given American Superconductor's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Superconductor is more favorable than Star Group.
American Superconductor received 260 more outperform votes than Star Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Star Group an outperform vote.
Star Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Superconductor. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Superconductor had 1 more articles in the media than Star Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Superconductor and 2 mentions for Star Group. American Superconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Star Group's score of 0.77 indicating that American Superconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.3% of American Superconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Star Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Superconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Star Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Star Group has a net margin of 2.15% compared to American Superconductor's net margin of -12.12%. Star Group's return on equity of 13.15% beat American Superconductor's return on equity.
American Superconductor has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Superconductor beats Star Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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