BKSY vs. SEDG, PENG, BELFA, NSSC, ICHR, AAOI, AIOT, IMOS, CSIQ, and SHLS
Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Penguin Solutions (PENG), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Ichor (ICHR), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Powerfleet (AIOT), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), and Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
BlackSky Technology vs.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
BlackSky Technology presently has a consensus price target of $21.80, indicating a potential upside of 228.31%. SolarEdge Technologies has a consensus price target of $21.80, indicating a potential upside of 54.13%. Given BlackSky Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BlackSky Technology is more favorable than SolarEdge Technologies.
BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarEdge Technologies has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SolarEdge Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than BlackSky Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SolarEdge Technologies and 2 mentions for BlackSky Technology. BlackSky Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat SolarEdge Technologies' score of 0.64 indicating that BlackSky Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SolarEdge Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than BlackSky Technology. BlackSky Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolarEdge Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackSky Technology has a net margin of -38.83% compared to SolarEdge Technologies' net margin of -192.13%. BlackSky Technology's return on equity of -49.91% beat SolarEdge Technologies' return on equity.
27.1% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of SolarEdge Technologies 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.
SolarEdge Technologies received 649 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.47% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave SolarEdge Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackSky Technology beats SolarEdge Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BKSY) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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