Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI – Get Free Report) and Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ascent Solar Technologies and Sequans Communications, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ascent Solar Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Sequans Communications | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Ascent Solar Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 594.44%. Sequans Communications has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 294.38%. Given Ascent Solar Technologies’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ascent Solar Technologies is more favorable than Sequans Communications.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and Sequans Communications”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ascent Solar Technologies | $80,000.00 | 353.52 | -$7.83 million | ($1.48) | -1.95 |
| Sequans Communications | $27.19 million | 1.61 | -$109.28 million | ($10.48) | -0.28 |
Ascent Solar Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sequans Communications. Ascent Solar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sequans Communications, 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, Sequans Communications has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and Sequans Communications’ 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% |
| Sequans Communications | -637.49% | -54.51% | -27.81% |
Summary
Sequans Communications 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 Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A. engages in the fabless designing, developing, and supplying of cellular semiconductor solutions for massive and broadband Internet of Things (IoT) markets in Taiwan, Korea, China, rest of Asia, Germany, the United States, and internationally. It offers baseband solutions for use in encoding and decoding data based on 4G and 5G protocols for wireless processing platform for a cellular device; RF transceivers used to transmit and receive wireless transmissions; highly integrated SoC solutions that combine various functions into a single die or package; and LTE modules. The company also provides software, including source code and tools to enable manufacturers to integrate their solutions into their devices; and design support services. The company serves OEMs and ODMs Customers, as well as 4G and 5G wireless carriers. Sequans Communications S.A. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Paris, France.
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