CLFD vs. SIMO, NN, AAOI, JKS, HIMX, DQ, NSSC, COMM, PL, and BELFA
Should you be buying Clearfield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearfield include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), NextNav (NN), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), JinkoSolar (JKS), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), CommScope (COMM), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and Bel Fuse (BELFA). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Clearfield vs.
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Silicon Motion Technology received 547 more outperform votes than Clearfield when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.46% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 10.90% compared to Clearfield's net margin of -7.47%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 11.52% beat Clearfield's return on equity.
88.7% of Clearfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Clearfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Clearfield presently has a consensus target price of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.84%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.17%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Silicon Motion Technology is more favorable than Clearfield.
In the previous week, Clearfield had 6 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Clearfield and 2 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Clearfield's score of 0.23 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Clearfield. Clearfield 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.
Clearfield has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Clearfield on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CLFD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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