ACLS vs. VECO, ACMR, DOCN, SATS, AYX, TSEM, PI, SANM, ASAN, and PYCR
Should you be buying Axcelis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axcelis Technologies include Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), DigitalOcean (DOCN), EchoStar (SATS), Alteryx (AYX), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), Sanmina (SANM), Asana (ASAN), and Paycor HCM (PYCR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Axcelis Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axcelis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Axcelis Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Veeco Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Axcelis Technologies and 6 mentions for Veeco Instruments. Axcelis Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.36 indicating that Veeco Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Axcelis Technologies received 87 more outperform votes than Veeco Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.75% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 21.78% compared to Axcelis Technologies' net margin of -4.56%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 31.66% beat Axcelis Technologies' return on equity.
Veeco Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $36.57, suggesting a potential upside of 3.98%. Axcelis Technologies has a consensus target price of $189.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.48%. Given Veeco Instruments' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Axcelis Technologies beats Veeco Instruments on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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