AIOT vs. SIMO, VIAV, NSSC, SEDG, BELFA, WOLF, DQ, SGH, HIMX, and SHLS
Should you be buying Powerfleet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powerfleet include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Daqo New Energy (DQ), SMART Global (SGH), Himax Technologies (HIMX), and Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Powerfleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Powerfleet's net margin of -3.86%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 10.31% beat Powerfleet's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powerfleet has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Powerfleet. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 1 mentions for Powerfleet. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Powerfleet's score of 0.00 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Powerfleet shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Powerfleet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Silicon Motion Technology received 839 more outperform votes than Powerfleet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Powerfleet an outperform vote while only 76.39% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Powerfleet. Powerfleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silicon Motion Technology currently has a consensus price target of $87.56, suggesting a potential upside of 53.82%. Powerfleet has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 120.75%. Given Powerfleet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Powerfleet is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Powerfleet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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