AIXA vs. RKET, G24, S92, COP, DLG, O1BC, JEN, BC8, OSR, and SOW
Should you be buying Aixtron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aixtron include Rocket Internet (RKET), Scout24 (G24), SMA Solar Technology (S92), CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (COP), Dialog Semiconductor (DLG), Xing (O1BC), Jenusa De Valores Mobiliarios Sicav (JEN), Bechtle (BC8), OSRAM Licht (OSR), and Software Aktiengesellschaft (SOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aixtron vs.
Rocket Internet (ETR:RKET) and Aixtron (ETR:AIXA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Aixtron has a net margin of 21.68% compared to Rocket Internet's net margin of 0.00%. Aixtron's return on equity of 16.00% beat Rocket Internet's return on equity.
69.3% of Aixtron shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Aixtron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aixtron has a consensus price target of €32.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Aixtron's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aixtron is more favorable than Rocket Internet.
Aixtron received 167 more outperform votes than Rocket Internet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Rocket Internet an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave Aixtron an outperform vote.
Aixtron has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aixtron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rocket Internet had 5 more articles in the media than Aixtron. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rocket Internet and 0 mentions for Aixtron. Aixtron's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Rocket Internet's score of -0.37 indicating that Aixtron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Aixtron beats Rocket Internet on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AIXA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of ETR and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
