Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Competitors

Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CSIQ or XPER?

52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Xperi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CSIQ or XPER more profitable?

Canadian Solar has a net margin of 0.56% compared to Xperi's net margin of -16.72%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 0.99% beat Xperi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Solar	0.56%	0.99%	0.31%
Xperi	-16.72%	-7.03%	-4.14%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CSIQ or XPER?

Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Solar, 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
Canadian Solar	$7.61B	0.10	$274.19M	$0.51	21.55
Xperi	$521.33M	0.70	-$136.61M	-$1.90	-4.26

Does the media prefer CSIQ or XPER?

In the previous week, Canadian Solar had 6 more articles in the media than Xperi. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canadian Solar and 0 mentions for Xperi. Canadian Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Xperi's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Solar	Neutral
Xperi	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CSIQ or XPER?

Canadian Solar currently has a consensus target price of $20.59, indicating a potential upside of 87.32%. Xperi has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 134.57%. Given Xperi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xperi is more favorable than Canadian Solar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Solar	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Xperi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSIQ or XPER?

Canadian Solar received 185 more outperform votes than Xperi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.73% of users gave Xperi an outperform vote while only 58.97% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Solar	Outperform Votes 536 58.97%	Underperform Votes 373 41.03%
Xperi	Outperform Votes 351 65.73%	Underperform Votes 183 34.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, CSIQ or XPER?

Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Canadian Solar beats Xperi on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.