LASR vs. SIMO, HIMX, PL, NN, DQ, JKS, AAOI, PENG, COMM, and AIOT
Should you be buying nLIGHT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nLIGHT include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Planet Labs PBC (PL), NextNav (NN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), JinkoSolar (JKS), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Penguin Solutions (PENG), CommScope (COMM), and Powerfleet (AIOT). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
nLIGHT vs.
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus price target of $80.63, suggesting a potential upside of 37.12%. nLIGHT has a consensus price target of $15.13, suggesting a potential upside of 50.80%. Given nLIGHT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe nLIGHT is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of nLIGHT shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of nLIGHT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 1 more articles in the media than nLIGHT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 3 mentions for nLIGHT. nLIGHT's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.40 indicating that nLIGHT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLIGHT has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than nLIGHT. nLIGHT 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.
Silicon Motion Technology received 656 more outperform votes than nLIGHT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.37% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 11.29% compared to nLIGHT's net margin of -24.16%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 11.63% beat nLIGHT's return on equity.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats nLIGHT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LASR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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