SKYT vs. NN, KLIC, SEDG, DQ, LUNR, BELFA, HIMX, AAOI, NSSC, and LASR
Should you be buying SkyWater Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWater Technology include NextNav (NN), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), DAQO New Energy (DQ), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC), and nLight (LASR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
SkyWater Technology vs. Its Competitors
NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
NextNav currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. SkyWater Technology has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.64%. Given SkyWater Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SkyWater Technology is more favorable than NextNav.
SkyWater Technology has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextNav, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SkyWater Technology has a net margin of -5.69% compared to NextNav's net margin of -2,678.59%. SkyWater Technology's return on equity of -19.49% beat NextNav's return on equity.
79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of NextNav shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of SkyWater Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NextNav has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWater Technology has a beta of 3.41, meaning that its share price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NextNav had 1 more articles in the media than SkyWater Technology. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NextNav and 6 mentions for SkyWater Technology. NextNav's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat SkyWater Technology's score of 0.47 indicating that NextNav is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
SkyWater Technology beats NextNav on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SKYT) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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