VIAV vs. DQ, SPWR, EXFO, CRUS, RMBS, ALGM, FORM, POWI, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Daqo New Energy (DQ), SunPower (SPWR), EXFO (EXFO), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), FormFactor (FORM), Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daqo New Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Daqo New Energy has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -0.42%. Viavi Solutions' return on equity of 4.65% beat Daqo New Energy's return on equity.
Viavi Solutions received 311 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.97% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.60% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Daqo New Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Daqo New Energy and 8 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Daqo New Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.95 indicating that Daqo New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viavi Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.29%. Daqo New Energy has a consensus price target of $27.63, indicating a potential upside of 29.82%. Given Viavi Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Daqo New Energy.
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats Daqo New Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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