QuickLogic (QUIK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NVEC or QUIK?

65.9% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NVEC or QUIK more profitable?

NVE has a net margin of 58.33% compared to QuickLogic's net margin of -6.83%. NVE's return on equity of 23.21% beat QuickLogic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NVE	58.33%	23.21%	22.71%
QuickLogic	-6.83%	-7.30%	-3.04%

Do analysts recommend NVEC or QUIK?

QuickLogic has a consensus price target of $11.53, indicating a potential upside of 125.70%. Given QuickLogic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NVE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NVE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
QuickLogic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NVEC or QUIK?

NVE has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, 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
NVE	$25.69M	12.00	$17.12M	$3.10	20.56
QuickLogic	$20.11M	4.01	-$260K	-$0.26	-19.65

Does the media prefer NVEC or QUIK?

In the previous week, NVE had 37 more articles in the media than QuickLogic. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for NVE and 5 mentions for QuickLogic. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat QuickLogic's score of 0.52 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NVE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	33 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QuickLogic	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVEC or QUIK?

QuickLogic received 18 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave QuickLogic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NVE	Outperform Votes 204 56.98%	Underperform Votes 154 43.02%
QuickLogic	Outperform Votes 222 55.78%	Underperform Votes 176 44.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, NVEC or QUIK?

NVE has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NVE beats QuickLogic on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.