Onto Innovation (ONTO) Competitors

Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) and Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) are both large-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, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is ONTO or ENTG more profitable?

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Entegris' net margin of 9.31%. Entegris' return on equity of 11.94% beat Onto Innovation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onto Innovation	16.43%	11.48%	10.46%
Entegris	9.31%	11.94%	4.39%

Do analysts prefer ONTO or ENTG?

Onto Innovation currently has a consensus target price of $242.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Entegris has a consensus target price of $148.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.47%. Given Entegris' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Entegris is more favorable than Onto Innovation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onto Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Entegris	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, ONTO or ENTG?

Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entegris has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ONTO or ENTG?

In the previous week, Entegris had 4 more articles in the media than Onto Innovation. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Entegris and 8 mentions for Onto Innovation. Onto Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Entegris' score of 1.18 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onto Innovation	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Entegris	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ONTO or ENTG?

Entegris received 105 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.14% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Entegris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onto Innovation	Outperform Votes 380 67.14%	Underperform Votes 186 32.86%
Entegris	Outperform Votes 485 63.73%	Underperform Votes 276 36.27%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ONTO or ENTG?

98.4% of Onto Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Entegris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ONTO or ENTG?

Entegris has higher revenue and earnings than Onto Innovation. Entegris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Onto Innovation	$815.87M	13.25	$121.16M	$2.81	78.09
Entegris	$3.52B	5.65	$180.67M	$2.08	63.52

Summary

Onto Innovation beats Entegris on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.