SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM – Get Free Report) and Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ideal Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares SiTime and Ideal Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SiTime | -53.55% | -9.89% | -7.56% |
| Ideal Power | -7,152.45% | -55.69% | -49.80% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SiTime | $176.99 million | 30.82 | -$80.54 million | ($4.14) | -56.40 |
| Ideal Power | $142,107.00 | 451.82 | -$9.95 million | ($1.40) | -5.63 |
Ideal Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ideal Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
SiTime has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideal Power has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SiTime and Ideal Power, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SiTime | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Ideal Power | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
SiTime presently has a consensus price target of $208.75, indicating a potential downside of 10.60%. Ideal Power has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.66%. Given Ideal Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than SiTime.
About SiTime
SiTime Corporation designs, develops, and sells silicon timing systems solutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore, and internationally. The company provides resonators and clock integrated circuits, and various types of oscillators. It serves various markets, including communications, datacenter, enterprise, automotive, industrial, internet of things, mobile, consumer, and aerospace and defense. The company sells its products directly to customers, distributors, and resellers. SiTime Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
About Ideal Power
Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. It also offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. The company serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system power converters, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers, industrial motor drives, solid-state circuit breakers, distribution and transmission switches and controls, and other industrial and military markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. Ideal Power Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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