ICHR vs. IMOS, INDI, SGH, HIMX, AMBA, MXL, SITM, PLAB, UCTT, and VIAV
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), indie Semiconductor (INDI), SMART Global (SGH), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), SiTime (SITM), Photronics (PLAB), Ultra Clean (UCTT), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ichor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ichor received 190 more outperform votes than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.05% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES an outperform vote.
Ichor presently has a consensus price target of $46.40, indicating a potential upside of 23.24%. Given Ichor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ichor is more favorable than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES.
Ichor has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ichor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a net margin of 8.85% compared to Ichor's net margin of -5.30%. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's return on equity of 7.62% beat Ichor's return on equity.
In the previous week, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES had 3 more articles in the media than Ichor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES and 1 mentions for Ichor. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ichor's score of 0.00 indicating that ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES beats Ichor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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