Inseego (INSG) Competitors

Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG) and Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in INSG or WOLF?

34.2% of Inseego shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Inseego shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Wolfspeed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend INSG or WOLF?

Inseego currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.95%. Wolfspeed has a consensus target price of $17.07, suggesting a potential upside of 172.97%. Given Wolfspeed's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Inseego.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inseego	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Wolfspeed	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Is INSG or WOLF more profitable?

Inseego has a net margin of -4.58% compared to Wolfspeed's net margin of -93.31%. Inseego's return on equity of 0.00% beat Wolfspeed's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inseego	-4.58%	N/A	-8.39%
Wolfspeed	-93.31%	-49.86%	-5.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INSG or WOLF?

Inseego received 301 more outperform votes than Wolfspeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Inseego an outperform vote while only 31.40% of users gave Wolfspeed an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inseego	Outperform Votes 339 61.41%	Underperform Votes 213 38.59%
Wolfspeed	Outperform Votes 38 31.40%	Underperform Votes 83 68.60%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, INSG or WOLF?

Inseego has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wolfspeed. Inseego is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wolfspeed, 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
Inseego	$195.69M	0.87	-$46.19M	-$1.80	-6.32
Wolfspeed	$807.20M	0.99	-$864.20M	-$5.95	-1.05

Does the media refer more to INSG or WOLF?

In the previous week, Wolfspeed had 36 more articles in the media than Inseego. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Wolfspeed and 1 mentions for Inseego. Inseego's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Wolfspeed's score of 0.02 indicating that Inseego is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inseego	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wolfspeed	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, INSG or WOLF?

Inseego has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Inseego beats Wolfspeed on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.