Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI – Get Free Report) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and Impinj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ascent Solar Technologies | -4,217.19% | -85.21% | -64.83% |
| Impinj | -7.26% | 5.23% | 2.09% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and Impinj”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ascent Solar Technologies | $80,000.00 | 365.80 | -$7.83 million | ($1.48) | -2.01 |
| Impinj | $361.08 million | 14.54 | -$10.85 million | ($0.92) | -186.76 |
Ascent Solar Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Solar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Ascent Solar Technologies has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
10.6% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Impinj shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ascent Solar Technologies and Impinj, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ascent Solar Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Impinj | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.55 |
Ascent Solar Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 571.14%. Impinj has a consensus price target of $183.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.68%. Given Ascent Solar Technologies’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ascent Solar Technologies is more favorable than Impinj.
Summary
Impinj beats Ascent Solar Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ascent Solar Technologies
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a solar technology company, engages in the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic solar modules in the United States. The company markets and sells its products through OEMs, system integrators, distributors, retailers, and value-added resellers. It serves agrivoltaics, aerospace, satellites, near earth orbiting vehicles, and fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado.
About Impinj
Impinj, Inc. operates a cloud connectivity platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its platform wirelessly connects items and delivers data about the connected items to business and consumer applications. The company’s platform comprises endpoint ICs, a miniature radios-on-a-chip that attaches to a host item and includes a number to identify the item. Its platform also consists of systems products that consists of reader ICs, readers, and gateways to wirelessly provide power to and communicate bidirectionally with endpoint ICs on host items, as well as to read, write, authenticate, and engage the endpoint ICs on those items; and software and algorithms that enable its partners to solve enterprise business problems, such as retail self-checkout and loss prevention. The company primarily serves retail, supply chain and logistics, automotive, aviation, banking, datacenters, food, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, linen and uniform tracking, sports, and travel industries through original equipment and device manufacturers, tag service bureaus, systems integrators, value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and other solution partners. Impinj, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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