ICHR vs. HIMX, SGH, NPTN, PLAB, AOSL, CRDO, POWI, FORM, TSEM, 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), NeoPhotonics (NPTN), Photronics (PLAB), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Power Integrations (POWI), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and IPG Photonics (IPGP).
Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Ichor's net margin of -6.61%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 5.66% beat Ichor's return on equity.
94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ichor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ichor presently has a consensus target price of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. Himax Technologies has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.51%. Given Ichor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ichor is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
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.
In the previous week, Ichor and Ichor both had 2 articles in the media. Ichor's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Himax Technologies' score of 0.85 indicating that Ichor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ichor has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Ichor on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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