Arteris (AIP) Competitors

Arteris (NASDAQ:AIP) and Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AIP or DQ?

64.4% of Arteris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of Arteris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AIP or DQ?

Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Arteris. Arteris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daqo New Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arteris	$57.72M	4.13	-$33.64M	-$0.87	-6.69
Daqo New Energy	$1.03B	0.90	$429.55M	-$5.20	-2.69

Is AIP or DQ more profitable?

Daqo New Energy has a net margin of -9.16% compared to Arteris' net margin of -58.27%. Daqo New Energy's return on equity of -1.90% beat Arteris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arteris	-58.27%	-828.71%	-32.69%
Daqo New Energy	-9.16%	-1.90%	-1.68%

Do analysts rate AIP or DQ?

Arteris currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 119.07%. Daqo New Energy has a consensus price target of $21.21, indicating a potential upside of 51.54%. Given Arteris' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arteris is more favorable than Daqo New Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arteris	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Daqo New Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AIP or DQ?

Daqo New Energy received 336 more outperform votes than Arteris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.68% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave Arteris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arteris	Outperform Votes 20 64.52%	Underperform Votes 11 35.48%
Daqo New Energy	Outperform Votes 356 65.68%	Underperform Votes 186 34.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, AIP or DQ?

Arteris has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AIP or DQ?

In the previous week, Daqo New Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Arteris. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Daqo New Energy and 2 mentions for Arteris. Arteris' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Daqo New Energy's score of 0.75 indicating that Arteris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arteris	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Daqo New Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Daqo New Energy beats Arteris on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.