POET Technologies (POET) Competitors

Resonant (NASDAQ:RESN) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, RESN or POET?

Resonant has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RESN or POET?

Resonant received 265 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.98% of users gave Resonant an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resonant	Outperform Votes 269 70.98%	Underperform Votes 110 29.02%
POET Technologies	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%

Is RESN or POET more profitable?

POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Resonant's net margin of -1,651.52%. Resonant's return on equity of -187.27% beat POET Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resonant	-1,651.52%	-187.27%	-125.24%
POET Technologies	N/A	-221.25%	-171.60%

Do analysts rate RESN or POET?

POET Technologies has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.85%. Given POET Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Resonant.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resonant	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
POET Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer RESN or POET?

In the previous week, POET Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Resonant. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for POET Technologies and 0 mentions for Resonant. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Resonant's score of 0.00 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resonant	Neutral
POET Technologies	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RESN or POET?

POET Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Resonant. Resonant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POET Technologies, 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
Resonant	$2.18M	138.07	-$35.97M	-$0.57	-7.86
POET Technologies	$470K	577.63	-$20.27M	-$0.52	-7.38

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RESN or POET?

21.6% of Resonant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Resonant shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

POET Technologies beats Resonant on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.