DIOD vs. FORM, ACIA, VIAV, CCMP, LSCC, ALTR, MTSI, CRUS, RMBS, and POWI
Should you be buying Diodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diodes include FormFactor (FORM), Acacia Communications (ACIA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), CMC Materials (CCMP), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), and Power Integrations (POWI).
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, FormFactor and FormFactor both had 1 articles in the media. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat FormFactor's score of 0.84 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 11.36%. FormFactor's return on equity of 9.11% beat Diodes' return on equity.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FormFactor received 50 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote.
FormFactor currently has a consensus target price of $48.40, suggesting a potential downside of 10.44%. Diodes has a consensus target price of $74.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.04%. Given FormFactor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diodes is more favorable than FormFactor.
Summary
Diodes beats FormFactor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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