ASTI vs. LEDS, CLRO, SGMA, LNKS, ASNS, CRKN, VISL, SMTK, WATT, and OST
Should you be buying Ascent Solar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Solar Technologies include SemiLEDs (LEDS), ClearOne (CLRO), SigmaTron International (SGMA), Linkers Industries (LNKS), Actelis Networks (ASNS), Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN), Vislink Technologies (VISL), Smartkem (SMTK), Energous (WATT), and Ostin Technology Group (OST). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Ascent Solar Technologies vs.
SemiLEDs (NASDAQ:LEDS) and Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Ascent Solar Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than SemiLEDs. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ascent Solar Technologies and 0 mentions for SemiLEDs. Ascent Solar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SemiLEDs' score of 0.00 indicating that Ascent Solar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SemiLEDs has a net margin of -41.41% compared to Ascent Solar Technologies' net margin of -28,235.93%. SemiLEDs' return on equity of -81.97% beat Ascent Solar Technologies' return on equity.
SemiLEDs has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Solar Technologies.
SemiLEDs received 139 more outperform votes than Ascent Solar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users.
76.3% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SemiLEDs has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Solar Technologies has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SemiLEDs beats Ascent Solar Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
