LRCX vs. ACLS, VECO, ACMR, ERII, MNTX, IVAC, ASYS, CVV, ASML, and T
Should you be buying Lam Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lam Research include Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Amtech Systems (ASYS), CVD Equipment (CVV), ASML (ASML), and AT&T (T).
Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) and Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Lam Research has higher revenue and earnings than Axcelis Technologies. Axcelis Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lam Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axcelis Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $169.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.34%. Lam Research has a consensus price target of $957.95, suggesting a potential downside of 1.15%. Given Lam Research's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Lam Research.
Lam Research has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Lam Research's net margin of 22.16%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 45.96% beat Lam Research's return on equity.
90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Lam Research shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lam Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lam Research has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lam Research had 4 more articles in the media than Axcelis Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Lam Research and 10 mentions for Axcelis Technologies. Lam Research's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.84 indicating that Axcelis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lam Research received 838 more outperform votes than Axcelis Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.44% of users gave Lam Research an outperform vote while only 71.65% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Lam Research beats Axcelis Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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