PLAB vs. ICHR, HIMX, SGH, AOSL, LASR, FORM, AEIS, ACLS, VECO, and UCTT
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Ichor (ICHR), Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), nLIGHT (LASR), FormFactor (FORM), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Ultra Clean (UCTT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Ichor received 101 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.
Ichor has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Photronics' net margin of -6.61%. Ichor's return on equity of 9.73% beat Photronics' return on equity.
Ichor currently has a consensus target price of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. Given Photronics' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ichor is more favorable than Photronics.
Photronics has higher revenue and earnings than Ichor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.8% of Ichor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ichor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Photronics shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Ichor had 2 more articles in the media than Photronics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ichor and 0 mentions for Photronics. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ichor's score of 0.00 indicating that Ichor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Photronics beats Ichor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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