IPG Photonics (IPGP) Competitors

Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CREE or IPGP?

IPG Photonics has a consensus price target of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.29%. Given Cree's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Cree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
IPG Photonics	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor CREE or IPGP?

In the previous week, Cree and Cree both had 7 articles in the media. Cree's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat IPG Photonics' score of 0.29 indicating that IPG Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cree	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IPG Photonics	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CREE or IPGP?

Cree received 444 more outperform votes than IPG Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cree	Outperform Votes 964 64.96%	Underperform Votes 520 35.04%
IPG Photonics	Outperform Votes 520 66.33%	Underperform Votes 264 33.67%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CREE or IPGP?

93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CREE or IPGP more profitable?

IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of -83.60%. Cree's return on equity of 7.67% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cree	-83.60%	-7.29%	-4.50%
IPG Photonics	15.34%	7.67%	6.86%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CREE or IPGP?

IPG Photonics has higher revenue and earnings than Cree. Cree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IPG Photonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cree	$525.60M	5.67	-$523.90M	-$1.40	-18.36
IPG Photonics	$1.29B	3.07	$218.88M	$3.88	22.35

Which has more risk and volatility, CREE or IPGP?

Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IPG Photonics beats Cree on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.