Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) & Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) Critical Review

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Lattice Semiconductor and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lattice Semiconductor	5.58%	10.92%	8.94%
Blaize	-160.85%	-306.51%	-106.16%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lattice Semiconductor and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lattice Semiconductor	0	1	11	2	3.07
Blaize	1	2	3	0	2.33

Lattice Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $147.46, suggesting a potential upside of 27.23%. Blaize has a consensus price target of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 633.22%. Given Blaize’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than Lattice Semiconductor.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lattice Semiconductor and Blaize”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lattice Semiconductor	$523.26 million	30.35	$3.08 million	$0.26	445.77
Blaize	$38.63 million	1.73	-$206.90 million	($0.68)	-0.68

Lattice Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Blaize. Blaize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Lattice Semiconductor beats Blaize on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Lattice Certus and ECP, Mach, iCE, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products. In addition, the company licenses its technology portfolio through standard IP and IP core licensing, patent monetization, and IP services. It sells its products directly to customers, and indirectly through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and independent distributors. The company primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications and computing, consumer, and industrial, and automotive markets. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.