SPWR vs. VIAV, AMBA, MXL, AOSL, CEVA, NVEC, QUIK, GSIT, RUN, and DIOD
Should you be buying SunPower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunPower include Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), CEVA (CEVA), NVE (NVEC), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), Sunrun (RUN), and Diodes (DIOD).
SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, SunPower had 3 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SunPower and 7 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat SunPower's score of 0.83 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.4% of SunPower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SunPower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SunPower has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of -0.42% compared to SunPower's net margin of -14.15%. Viavi Solutions' return on equity of 4.65% beat SunPower's return on equity.
Viavi Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SunPower. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunPower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SunPower presently has a consensus price target of $4.59, indicating a potential upside of 37.35%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.57%. Given Viavi Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than SunPower.
Viavi Solutions received 24 more outperform votes than SunPower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.97% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave SunPower an outperform vote.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats SunPower on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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