Analyzing Natcore Technology (OTCMKTS:NTCXF) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK)

Natcore Technology (OTCMKTS:NTCXF) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Natcore Technology and QuickLogic, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Natcore Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
QuickLogic	0	0	2	0	3.00

QuickLogic has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.15%. Given QuickLogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than Natcore Technology.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Natcore Technology and QuickLogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Natcore Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
QuickLogic	-6.83%	-7.30%	-3.04%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Natcore Technology and QuickLogic”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Natcore Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
QuickLogic	$21.20 million	5.61	-$260,000.00	($0.10)	-80.90

Natcore Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QuickLogic.

Risk & Volatility

Natcore Technology has a beta of -3.05, meaning that its stock price is 405% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

QuickLogic beats Natcore Technology on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Natcore Technology

Natcore Technology Inc., a research and development company, develops and owns technology for the manufacturing of solar cells. The company offers laser-processed back-contact cells and liquid phase deposition technology, which enables the controlled deposition of silicon dioxide and mixed silicon oxides from an aqueous solution at ambient temperatures and pressures. It focuses on using its nanotechnology discoveries to enable various applications consisting of laser processing, tandem quantum-dot solar cells, and Natcore Foil Cell structure. The company also provides technical consultancy services for the design and construction of solar cell/solar panel fabrication facilities, and solar power plants. Natcore Technology Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company in the United States. The company offers embedded FPGA intellectual property, low power, multicore semiconductor system-on-chips, discrete FPGAs, and AI software; and end-to-end artificial intelligence/machine learning solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. It provides various platforms, such as software tools and eFPGA IP enables the adoption of AI, voice, and sensor processing across aerospace, and defense, consumer/industrial IOT, and consumer electronics markets. In addition, the company engages in the eFPGA IP Licensing business consisting of development and integration of eFPGA technology into custom semiconductor solutions. Further, the company offers silicon products, such as EOS, QuickAI, ArcticLink III, PolarPro 3, PolarPro II, PolarPro, and Eclipse II products; and PASIC 3 and QuickRAM, as well as programming hardware and design software services. The company markets and sells its products to defense industrial base contractors, U.S. government entities, system OEMs, and fabless semiconductor companies through a network of sales managers and distributors in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It has a strategic partnership with YorChip to develop low-power unified chiplet interconnect express FPGA chiplets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.