UCTT vs. PLAB, CEVA, CAN, FORM, AMKR, AMBA, VIAV, OSIS, MXL, and SMTC
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Photronics (PLAB), CEVA (CEVA), Canaan (CAN), FormFactor (FORM), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Ambarella (AMBA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), OSI Systems (OSIS), MaxLinear (MXL), and Semtech (SMTC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Photronics' net margin of -2.09%. Ultra Clean's return on equity of 10.37% beat Photronics' return on equity.
Photronics currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.35%. Ultra Clean has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.71%. Given Photronics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Photronics.
Photronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ultra Clean received 131 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.59% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.
88.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Photronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Photronics has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Photronics had 7 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Photronics and 12 mentions for Ultra Clean. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Ultra Clean's score of 0.37 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Photronics beats Ultra Clean on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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