ACM Research (ACMR) Competitors

ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CHX or ACMR?

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than ACM Research. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChampionX	$3.63B	1.33	$320.27M	$1.65	15.40
ACM Research	$782.12M	1.44	$77.35M	$1.52	12.74

Is CHX or ACMR more profitable?

ACM Research has a net margin of 12.38% compared to ChampionX's net margin of 8.81%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.84% beat ACM Research's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChampionX	8.81%	19.84%	10.40%
ACM Research	12.38%	9.07%	5.51%

Which has more volatility & risk, CHX or ACMR?

ChampionX has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHX or ACMR?

ACM Research received 193 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ChampionX	Outperform Votes 26 53.06%	Underperform Votes 23 46.94%
ACM Research	Outperform Votes 219 65.96%	Underperform Votes 113 34.04%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHX or ACMR?

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CHX or ACMR?

ChampionX presently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.64%. ACM Research has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 51.86%. Given ACM Research's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACM Research is more favorable than ChampionX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ACM Research	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media refer more to CHX or ACMR?

In the previous week, ChampionX had 5 more articles in the media than ACM Research. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ChampionX and 8 mentions for ACM Research. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat ACM Research's score of 1.25 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ChampionX	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ACM Research	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ChampionX beats ACM Research on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.