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SKYT vs. HIMX, DQ, LUNR, PL, JKS, PENG, SEDG, COMM, BELFA, and NSSC

Should you be buying SkyWater Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWater Technology include Himax Technologies (HIMX), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Planet Labs PBC (PL), JinkoSolar (JKS), Penguin Solutions (PENG), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), CommScope (COMM), Bel Fuse (BELFA), and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

SkyWater Technology vs.

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Himax Technologies has a net margin of 8.80% compared to SkyWater Technology's net margin of -4.75%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 9.09% beat SkyWater Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SkyWater Technology-4.75% -12.40% -2.47%
Himax Technologies 8.80%9.09%4.84%

SkyWater Technology currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.91%. Himax Technologies has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 124.55%. Given Himax Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Himax Technologies is more favorable than SkyWater Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SkyWater Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Himax Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SkyWater Technology$342.27M0.97-$30.76M-$0.14-49.29
Himax Technologies$906.80M1.29$79.75M$0.4514.84

Himax Technologies received 553 more outperform votes than SkyWater Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.47% of users gave SkyWater Technology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SkyWater TechnologyOutperform Votes
26
60.47%
Underperform Votes
17
39.53%
Himax TechnologiesOutperform Votes
579
65.28%
Underperform Votes
308
34.72%

70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 42.5% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SkyWater Technology has a beta of 3.41, suggesting that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Himax Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than SkyWater Technology. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Himax Technologies and 1 mentions for SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Himax Technologies' score of 1.15 indicating that SkyWater Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SkyWater Technology Very Positive
Himax Technologies Positive

Summary

Himax Technologies beats SkyWater Technology on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SKYT vs. The Competition

MetricSkyWater TechnologySemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$331.44M$48.58B$22.16B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%3.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio-19.7134.7439.4917.81
Price / Sales0.9783.861,985.9694.61
Price / Cash30.2126.4934.6334.64
Price / Book5.355.795.774.00
Net Income-$30.76M$751.41M$736.02M$247.23M
7 Day Performance-3.90%-2.51%0.74%1.45%
1 Month Performance-15.34%-15.02%-5.38%-6.24%
1 Year Performance-24.51%-0.45%52,780.53%0.60%

SkyWater Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYT
SkyWater Technology
2.7113 of 5 stars
$6.90
+0.9%
$12.00
+73.9%
-26.1%$331.44M$342.27M-19.71590Positive News
HIMX
Himax Technologies
4.1835 of 5 stars
$6.12
-2.1%
$15.00
+145.1%
+29.7%$1.07B$906.80M13.602,164Positive News
DQ
Daqo New Energy
2.7804 of 5 stars
$15.84
+2.1%
$22.26
+40.6%
-39.1%$1.05B$1.03B-8.562,400Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
LUNR
Intuitive Machines
3.0425 of 5 stars
$7.12
+3.6%
$16.00
+124.7%
+60.3%$999.27M$228M-2.421Insider Trade
Gap Down
PL
Planet Labs PBC
3.3682 of 5 stars
$3.26
+2.7%
$6.27
+92.6%
+82.5%$983.83M$244.35M-7.94800Options Volume
High Trading Volume
JKS
JinkoSolar
2.5459 of 5 stars
$16.31
+3.7%
$27.19
+66.8%
-31.1%$866.69M$92.26B27.6457,397
PENG
Penguin Solutions
2.6044 of 5 stars
$15.32
+0.9%
$24.94
+62.8%
N/A$816.42M$1.24B-29.462,700Gap Down
SEDG
SolarEdge Technologies
4.2553 of 5 stars
$13.35
-9.2%
$21.80
+63.3%
-79.0%$784.75M$901.46M-0.434,930Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
COMM
CommScope
3.9373 of 5 stars
$3.64
+0.6%
$4.75
+30.5%
+264.0%$783.95M$4.21B-0.8220,000Short Interest ↑
BELFA
Bel Fuse
2.9333 of 5 stars
$60.95
+2.7%
$115.00
+88.7%
-6.6%$764.25M$534.79M19.726,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
NSSC
Napco Security Technologies
4.1705 of 5 stars
$20.26
-0.1%
$35.50
+75.2%
-44.5%$737.48M$186.53M15.581,150
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This page (NASDAQ:SKYT) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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