Reviewing Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) and SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM)

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SiTime and Stardust Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1	0	4	0	2.60
Stardust Power	0	1	2	2	3.20

SiTime presently has a consensus price target of $224.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.18%. Stardust Power has a consensus price target of $5.11, suggesting a potential upside of 2,456.25%. Given Stardust Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stardust Power is more favorable than SiTime.

Volatility and Risk

SiTime has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stardust Power has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Stardust Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of SiTime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Stardust Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SiTime and Stardust Power”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SiTime	$202.70 million	24.46	-$93.60 million	($3.80)	-55.00
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-$23.75 million	($0.74)	-0.27

Stardust Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stardust Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares SiTime and Stardust Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-38.60%	-9.43%	-7.46%
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-337.00%

Summary

Stardust Power beats SiTime on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 Stardust Power

Stardust Power Inc. is a vertically-integrated lithium refinery that engages in producing battery-grade lithium. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.