Ideal Power (IPWR) Competitors

Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts prefer IPWR or MX?

Magnachip Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.71%. Given Magnachip Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Magnachip Semiconductor is more favorable than Ideal Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideal Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Magnachip Semiconductor	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IPWR or MX?

Ideal Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnachip Semiconductor. Ideal Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnachip Semiconductor, 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
Ideal Power	$86.03K	488.70	-$9.95M	-$1.30	-3.97
Magnachip Semiconductor	$231.74M	0.57	-$36.62M	-$1.44	-2.50

Is IPWR or MX more profitable?

Magnachip Semiconductor has a net margin of -20.08% compared to Ideal Power's net margin of -7,152.45%. Magnachip Semiconductor's return on equity of -14.31% beat Ideal Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideal Power	-7,152.45%	-55.69%	-49.80%
Magnachip Semiconductor	-20.08%	-14.31%	-10.89%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IPWR or MX?

16.4% of Ideal Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ideal Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to IPWR or MX?

In the previous week, Ideal Power had 3 more articles in the media than Magnachip Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ideal Power and 0 mentions for Magnachip Semiconductor. Ideal Power's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Magnachip Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Ideal Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ideal Power	Positive
Magnachip Semiconductor	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPWR or MX?

Magnachip Semiconductor received 84 more outperform votes than Ideal Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.12% of users gave Ideal Power an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave Magnachip Semiconductor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ideal Power	Outperform Votes 252 64.12%	Underperform Votes 141 35.88%
Magnachip Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 336 56.57%	Underperform Votes 258 43.43%

Which has more risk and volatility, IPWR or MX?

Ideal Power has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Magnachip Semiconductor beats Ideal Power on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.