MVIS vs. DQ, PENG, JKS, BELFA, NSSC, LASR, SHLS, INDI, CSIQ, and ICHR
Should you be buying Microvision stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microvision include DAQO New Energy (DQ), Penguin Solutions (PENG), JinkoSolar (JKS), Bel Fuse (BELFA), NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC), nLight (LASR), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), and Ichor (ICHR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Microvision vs. Its Competitors
DAQO New Energy (NYSE:DQ) and Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
DAQO New Energy has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvision has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microvision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DAQO New Energy. DAQO New Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microvision, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.2% of DAQO New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Microvision shares are held by institutional investors. 24.3% of DAQO New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Microvision shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, DAQO New Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Microvision. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DAQO New Energy and 2 mentions for Microvision. Microvision's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat DAQO New Energy's score of 1.17 indicating that Microvision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DAQO New Energy has a net margin of -58.63% compared to Microvision's net margin of -2,295.70%. DAQO New Energy's return on equity of -7.16% beat Microvision's return on equity.
DAQO New Energy presently has a consensus target price of $23.22, indicating a potential downside of 7.27%. Microvision has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 50.00%. Given Microvision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Microvision is more favorable than DAQO New Energy.
Summary
DAQO New Energy beats Microvision on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MVIS) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
