KLIC vs. OSIS, SIMO, WOLF, SMTC, FORM, SYNA, VIAV, UCTT, TSEM, and PLAB
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Semtech (SMTC), FormFactor (FORM), Synaptics (SYNA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Photronics (PLAB). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Kulicke and Soffa Industries' net margin of 7.03%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. OSI Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries received 13 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.53% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.86%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $164.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.14%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than OSI Systems.
In the previous week, OSI Systems had 21 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for OSI Systems and 1 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat OSI Systems' score of 0.69 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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