IPWR vs. GCTS, MX, QUIK, AXTI, MRAM, ATOM, POET, MAXN, SOL, and KOPN
Should you be buying Ideal Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ideal Power include GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), AXT (AXTI), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Atomera (ATOM), POET Technologies (POET), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Emeren Group (SOL), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and GCT Semiconductor (NYSE:GCTS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
16.4% of Ideal Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ideal Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ideal Power currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.96%. Given Ideal Power's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than GCT Semiconductor.
In the previous week, Ideal Power had 1 more articles in the media than GCT Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ideal Power and 1 mentions for GCT Semiconductor. Ideal Power's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat GCT Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Ideal Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GCT Semiconductor has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ideal Power's net margin of -3,560.07%. GCT Semiconductor's return on equity of -16.90% beat Ideal Power's return on equity.
GCT Semiconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ideal Power.
Ideal Power has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCT Semiconductor has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ideal Power received 252 more outperform votes than GCT Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Ideal Power beats GCT Semiconductor on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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