SPI vs. GSIT, FTCI, IPWR, MOBX, PXLW, LPTH, SQNS, EBON, MMAT, and LAES
Should you be buying SPI Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPI Energy include GSI Technology (GSIT), FTC Solar (FTCI), Ideal Power (IPWR), Mobix Labs (MOBX), Pixelworks (PXLW), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Sequans Communications (SQNS), Ebang International (EBON), Meta Materials (MMAT), and SEALSQ (LAES). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
SPI Energy (NASDAQ:SPI) and GSI Technology (NASDAQ:GSIT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
SPI Energy has a net margin of -11.77% compared to GSI Technology's net margin of -92.29%. GSI Technology's return on equity of -45.13% beat SPI Energy's return on equity.
SPI Energy has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSI Technology has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SPI Energy had 1 more articles in the media than GSI Technology. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SPI Energy and 3 mentions for GSI Technology. GSI Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat SPI Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that GSI Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1.7% of SPI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.2% of GSI Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of SPI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of GSI Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
GSI Technology received 7 more outperform votes than SPI Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave SPI Energy an outperform vote while only 40.71% of users gave GSI Technology an outperform vote.
GSI Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SPI Energy. GSI Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
GSI Technology beats SPI Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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