Canaan (CAN) Competitors

Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) and NAPCO Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CAN or NSSC?

NAPCO Security Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canaan. Canaan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NAPCO Security Technologies, 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
Canaan	$269.32M	1.07	-$249.75M	-$0.90	-0.86
NAPCO Security Technologies	$181.23M	6.00	$49.82M	$1.22	24.99

Is CAN or NSSC more profitable?

NAPCO Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.00% compared to Canaan's net margin of -77.01%. NAPCO Security Technologies' return on equity of 26.14% beat Canaan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canaan	-77.01%	-96.52%	-52.13%
NAPCO Security Technologies	25.00%	26.14%	22.34%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAN or NSSC?

70.1% of Canaan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of NAPCO Security Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canaan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of NAPCO Security Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CAN or NSSC?

Canaan currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 223.75%. NAPCO Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $30.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Canaan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than NAPCO Security Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canaan	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
NAPCO Security Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media prefer CAN or NSSC?

In the previous week, Canaan had 21 more articles in the media than NAPCO Security Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Canaan and 2 mentions for NAPCO Security Technologies. NAPCO Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Canaan's score of 0.33 indicating that NAPCO Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canaan	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NAPCO Security Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CAN or NSSC?

Canaan has a beta of 3.25, indicating that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NAPCO Security Technologies has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NAPCO Security Technologies beats Canaan on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.