POET vs. FORA, LAZY, PXLW, LPTH, SKYT, NVEC, AIP, VLN, GCTS, and CAN
Should you be buying POET Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POET Technologies include Forian (FORA), Lazydays (LAZY), Pixelworks (PXLW), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), NVE (NVEC), Arteris (AIP), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), and Canaan (CAN).
Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) and POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
POET Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat Forian's return on equity.
In the previous week, POET Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for POET Technologies and 2 mentions for Forian. POET Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Forian's score of 0.88 indicating that Forian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forian has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Forian currently has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 196.01%. POET Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 321.35%. Given Forian's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Forian.
Forian has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Forian received 6 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.00% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote.
19.3% of Forian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of POET Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Forian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Forian beats POET Technologies on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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