LICY vs. PXLW, ELVA, IVAC, YIBO, CBAT, CXDO, XNET, STG, BW, and SANG
Should you be buying Li-Cycle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Li-Cycle include Pixelworks (PXLW), Electrovaya (ELVA), Intevac (IVAC), Planet Image International (YIBO), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Crexendo (CXDO), Xunlei (XNET), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), and Sangoma Technologies (SANG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW) and Li-Cycle (NYSE:LICY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Pixelworks received 230 more outperform votes than Li-Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave Pixelworks an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Li-Cycle an outperform vote.
Pixelworks has higher revenue and earnings than Li-Cycle. Pixelworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li-Cycle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pixelworks has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Li-Cycle has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pixelworks presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 103.25%. Li-Cycle has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 779.25%. Given Pixelworks' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Li-Cycle is more favorable than Pixelworks.
Pixelworks has a net margin of -43.86% compared to Pixelworks' net margin of -1,244.97%. Pixelworks' return on equity of -44.25% beat Li-Cycle's return on equity.
21.4% of Pixelworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Pixelworks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pixelworks had 10 more articles in the media than Li-Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Pixelworks and 6 mentions for Li-Cycle. Li-Cycle's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Pixelworks' score of -0.21 indicating that Pixelworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pixelworks beats Li-Cycle on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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