KLIC vs. SMTC, SIMO, OSIS, SITM, UCTT, AMBA, DIOD, WOLF, PLAB, and VIAV
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Semtech (SMTC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), OSI Systems (OSIS), SiTime (SITM), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Ambarella (AMBA), Diodes (DIOD), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Photronics (PLAB), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Semtech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by 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.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of -8.94% compared to Kulicke and Soffa Industries' net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of 2.22% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
Semtech currently has a consensus price target of $40.35, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Given Semtech's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Semtech.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Semtech. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Semtech and Semtech both had 6 articles in the media. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 0.84 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Semtech received 243 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
Semtech has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats Semtech on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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