POET vs. KOPN, PXLW, ATOM, FORA, GCTS, MOBX, GSIT, MRAM, LPTH, and SQNS Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Kopin (KOPN), Pixelworks (PXLW), Atomera (ATOM), Forian (FORA), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GSI Technology (GSIT), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), and Sequans Communications (SQNS).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET ) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Kopin had 14 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Kopin and 4 mentions for POET Technologies. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Kopin's score of -0.15 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kopin's net margin of -125.20%. Kopin's return on equity of -94.96% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.
Kopin received 300 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Kopin an outperform vote.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Kopin shares are held by company 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.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 239.37%. Kopin has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 266.88%. Given Kopin's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than POET Technologies.
Kopin has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary Kopin beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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