ICHR vs. HIMX, SGH, PLAB, NPTN, AOSL, FORM, POWI, TSEM, SLAB, and IPGP
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), Photronics (PLAB), NeoPhotonics (NPTN), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), FormFactor (FORM), Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and IPG Photonics (IPGP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ichor has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.65%. Ichor has a consensus target price of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Given Ichor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Himax Technologies is more favorable than Ichor.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Himax Technologies' net margin of -6.61%. Ichor's return on equity of 5.66% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
Himax Technologies received 118 more outperform votes than Ichor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ichor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ichor had 3 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ichor and 5 mentions for Himax Technologies. Ichor's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Himax Technologies' score of 1.16 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Ichor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Ichor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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