AEIS vs. AMAT, COHU, DIOD, KLAC, LRCX, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, TER, and UCTT
Should you be buying Advanced Energy Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Energy Industries include Applied Materials (AMAT), Cohu (COHU), Diodes (DIOD), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Teradyne (TER), and Ultra Clean (UCTT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Advanced Energy Industries vs. Its Competitors
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Applied Materials has a net margin of 23.88% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 5.13%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.96% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Materials has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Applied Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $154.44, indicating a potential downside of 8.95%. Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $200.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.50%. Given Applied Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
In the previous week, Applied Materials had 66 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Applied Materials and 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 0.99 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Applied Materials beats Advanced Energy Industries on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AEIS) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
