OSIS vs. SMTC, KLIC, SIMO, UCTT, SITM, AMBA, PLAB, VIAV, DIOD, and WOLF
Should you be buying OSI Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OSI Systems include Semtech (SMTC), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Ultra Clean (UCTT), SiTime (SITM), Ambarella (AMBA), Photronics (PLAB), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Diodes (DIOD), and Wolfspeed (WOLF). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) and Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Semtech's net margin of -125.70%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat Semtech's return on equity.
OSI Systems presently has a consensus target price of $165.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.39%. Semtech has a consensus target price of $40.35, indicating a potential downside of 1.78%. Given OSI Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OSI Systems is more favorable than Semtech.
89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Semtech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Semtech. Semtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, OSI Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Semtech. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for OSI Systems and 6 mentions for Semtech. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Semtech's score of 0.84 indicating that OSI Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Semtech received 255 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 70.58% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote.
OSI Systems has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semtech has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Semtech on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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