Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) vs. China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) Critical Review

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) and China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Sunergy has a beta of 3.78, meaning that its stock price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Silicon Laboratories and China Sunergy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silicon Laboratories	$584.39 million	7.55	-$191.01 million	($5.94)	-22.89
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

China Sunergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silicon Laboratories.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Silicon Laboratories and China Sunergy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silicon Laboratories	0	5	6	0	2.55
China Sunergy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Silicon Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $136.20, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Given Silicon Laboratories’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Silicon Laboratories is more favorable than China Sunergy.

Profitability

This table compares Silicon Laboratories and China Sunergy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories	-32.69%	-10.46%	-9.12%
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Silicon Laboratories

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides various analog-intensive mixed-signal solutions in the United States, China, Taiwan, and internationally. The company's products include wireless microcontrollers and sensor products. Its products are used in various electronic products in a range of applications for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), including industrial automation and control, smart buildings, access control, HVAC control, and industrial wearables and power tools; smart cities applications, such as smart metering, smart street lighting, renewable energy, electric vehicle supply equipment, and smart agriculture; commercial IoT applications, including smart lighting, asset tracking, electronic shelf labels, theft protection, and enterprise access points; smart home applications, comprising home automation/security systems, smart speakers, smart lighting, HVAC control, smart cameras, smart appliances, smart home sensing, smart locks, and window/blind controls; and connected health applications, including diabetes management, consumer health and fitness, elderly care, patient monitoring, and activity tracking; as well as in commercial building automation, consumer electronics, and medical instrumentation. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Silicon Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About China Sunergy

China Sunergy Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets solar cells and modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon solar cells; and standard P-type solar cells, HP solar cells, and emitter cells, as well as solar modules for use in a range of residential, commercial, industrial, and other solar power generation systems. It also invests in, develops, and operates solar power projects. The company sells its products to system integrators, solar power project developers, and solar power product distributors under the CSUN brand name, as well as on an original equipment manufacturing basis. China Sunergy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China.