VECO vs. ACMR, ERII, MNTX, IVAC, MKSI, AMKR, FORM, ACLS, AEIS, and UCTT
Should you be buying Veeco Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeco Instruments include ACM Research (ACMR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), and Ultra Clean (UCTT).
ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) and Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) 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, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
ACM Research has a net margin of 13.79% compared to ACM Research's net margin of -2.51%. ACM Research's return on equity of 11.97% beat Veeco Instruments' return on equity.
ACM Research has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of ACM Research shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Veeco Instruments received 250 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
ACM Research presently has a consensus price target of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 42.26%. Veeco Instruments has a consensus price target of $40.71, suggesting a potential downside of 4.83%. Given Veeco Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ACM Research is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
ACM Research has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACM Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 7 more articles in the media than Veeco Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ACM Research and 5 mentions for Veeco Instruments. ACM Research's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.76 indicating that Veeco Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ACM Research beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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