BKSY vs. SIMO, HIMX, PL, NN, DQ, JKS, AAOI, PENG, COMM, and AIOT
Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Planet Labs PBC (PL), NextNav (NN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), JinkoSolar (JKS), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Penguin Solutions (PENG), CommScope (COMM), and Powerfleet (AIOT). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
BlackSky Technology vs.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
27.1% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% 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 11.29% compared to BlackSky Technology's net margin of -38.83%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 11.63% beat BlackSky Technology's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than BlackSky Technology. BlackSky 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.
BlackSky Technology currently has a consensus target price of $23.20, suggesting a potential upside of 39.09%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $80.63, suggesting a potential upside of 37.12%. Given BlackSky Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackSky Technology is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Silicon Motion Technology received 838 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.24% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 76.37% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackSky Technology had 12 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BlackSky Technology and 4 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. BlackSky Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.40 indicating that BlackSky Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats BlackSky Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BKSY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
