FTC Solar (FTCI) Competitors

Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) and FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VUZI or FTCI?

Vuzix received 325 more outperform votes than FTC Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 43.94% of users gave FTC Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vuzix	Outperform Votes 354 68.87%	Underperform Votes 160 31.13%
FTC Solar	Outperform Votes 29 43.94%	Underperform Votes 37 56.06%

Do analysts recommend VUZI or FTCI?

Vuzix currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. FTC Solar has a consensus price target of $4.90, indicating a potential upside of 56.55%. Given FTC Solar's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Vuzix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vuzix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FTC Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VUZI or FTCI?

35.9% of Vuzix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FTC Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Vuzix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of FTC Solar 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 more risk and volatility, VUZI or FTCI?

Vuzix has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTC Solar has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VUZI or FTCI?

In the previous week, FTC Solar had 1 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FTC Solar and 1 mentions for Vuzix. Vuzix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FTC Solar'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vuzix	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FTC Solar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VUZI or FTCI?

Vuzix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FTC Solar. Vuzix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTC 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
Vuzix	$5.75M	24.25	-$50.15M	-$1.08	-1.69
FTC Solar	$47.36M	0.85	-$50.29M	-$3.86	-0.81

Is VUZI or FTCI more profitable?

FTC Solar has a net margin of -82.90% compared to Vuzix's net margin of -1,437.17%. FTC Solar's return on equity of -98.67% beat Vuzix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vuzix	-1,437.17%	-139.39%	-131.18%
FTC Solar	-82.90%	-98.67%	-44.11%

Summary

FTC Solar beats Vuzix on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.