NVEC vs. QUIK, AOSL, AIP, TGAN, AAOI, VLN, SKYT, CAN, MX, and AXTI Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include QuickLogic (QUIK), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), and AXT (AXTI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK ) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC ) 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 community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of NVE shares are held 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.
QuickLogic presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Given NVE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NVE.
In the previous week, QuickLogic had 10 more articles in the media than NVE. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for QuickLogic and 1 mentions for NVE. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat QuickLogic's score of 0.00 indicating that QuickLogic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NVE has a net margin of 57.46% compared to NVE's net margin of 4.65%. QuickLogic's return on equity of 25.83% beat NVE's return on equity.
NVE has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. NVE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuickLogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QuickLogic received 13 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote.
QuickLogic has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary NVE beats QuickLogic on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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