DIOD vs. FORM, SVFCX, ACLS, QTWO, PYCR, SYNA, ATHM, ASAN, CCOI, and USM
Should you be buying Diodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diodes include FormFactor (FORM), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Q2 (QTWO), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Synaptics (SYNA), Autohome (ATHM), Asana (ASAN), Cogent Communications (CCOI), and United States Cellular (USM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FormFactor received 46 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FormFactor currently has a consensus price target of $42.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.90%. Diodes has a consensus price target of $72.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Given FormFactor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diodes is more favorable than FormFactor.
Diodes has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Diodes' net margin of 12.42%. FormFactor's return on equity of 12.79% beat Diodes' return on equity.
In the previous week, Diodes had 4 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Diodes and 6 mentions for FormFactor. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat FormFactor's score of -0.03 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Diodes beats FormFactor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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