Reviewing NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) & ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY)

ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for ams-OSRAM and NVE, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ams-OSRAM	2	1	0	0	1.33
NVE	0	1	0	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares ams-OSRAM and NVE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ams-OSRAM	-4.86%	2.61%	0.44%
NVE	54.59%	23.21%	22.44%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ams-OSRAM and NVE”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ams-OSRAM	$3.71 billion	0.28	-$850.53 million	($0.90)	-5.73
NVE	$25.88 million	14.35	$15.06 million	$2.85	26.92

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

ams-OSRAM has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NVE beats ams-OSRAM on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ams-OSRAM

ams-OSRAM AG designs, manufactures, and sells LED and optical sensor solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. The company operates in Semiconductors and Lamps & Systems segments. The Semiconductors segment offers semiconductor-based products and solutions, such as high-performance LEDs, lasers, and optical sensors for automotive, consumer, and industrial and medical technology end markets. The Lamps & Systems segment provides lamps and lighting systems for the automotive, industrial, and medical end markets. The company was formerly known as ams AG and changed its name to ams-OSRAM AG in January 2022. ams-OSRAM AG is headquartered in Premstätten, Austria.

About NVE

NVE Corporation develops and sells devices that use spintronics, a nanotechnology that relies on electron spin to acquire, store, and transmit information in the United States and internationally. The company manufactures spintronic products, including sensors and couplers for use in acquiring and transmitting data. Its products comprise standard sensors to detect the presence of a magnetic or metallic material to determine position, rotation, or speed for the factory automation market; and custom and medical sensors for medical devices to replace electromechanical magnetic switches. The company also offers spintronic couplers for power conversion and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market; and DC-to-DC convertors for use in power conversion systems and industrial networks for the IIoT. In addition, it undertakes contracts for research and development, and licensing of spintronic magnetoresistive random access memory technology. NVE Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.