SKYT vs. SIMO, HIMX, NN, PL, NSSC, DQ, AAOI, JKS, BELFA, and COMM
Should you be buying SkyWater Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWater Technology include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Himax Technologies (HIMX), NextNav (NN), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), JinkoSolar (JKS), Bel Fuse (BELFA), and CommScope (COMM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
SkyWater Technology vs.
SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
SkyWater Technology currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.01%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 49.93%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Silicon Motion Technology is more favorable than SkyWater Technology.
70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.5% of SkyWater Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 3 more articles in the media than SkyWater Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 2 mentions for SkyWater Technology. SkyWater Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.50 indicating that SkyWater Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SkyWater Technology has a beta of 3.37, suggesting that its share price is 237% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 10.90% compared to SkyWater Technology's net margin of -4.75%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 11.52% beat SkyWater Technology's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology received 826 more outperform votes than SkyWater Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.39% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave SkyWater Technology an outperform vote.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats SkyWater Technology on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SKYT) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
