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AEIS vs. AMAT, COHU, DIOD, ICHR, 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), Ichor (ICHR), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Energy Industries$1.48B3.63$54.21M$1.9473.55
Applied Materials$27.18B5.86$7.18B$8.2224.15

Applied Materials has a net margin of 24.06% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 4.73%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.15% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Advanced Energy Industries4.73% 10.70% 5.48%
Applied Materials 24.06%40.15%22.42%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials 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.

Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% 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 increased 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 currently has a consensus price target of $126.89, suggesting a potential downside of 11.08%. Applied Materials has a consensus price target of $203.65, suggesting a potential upside of 2.60%. Given Applied Materials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Advanced Energy Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 65 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Applied Materials and 8 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Applied Materials' score of 1.13 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Advanced Energy Industries
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
52 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Applied Materials beats Advanced Energy Industries on 13 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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AEIS vs. The Competition

MetricAdvanced Energy IndustriesSEQPT IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.37B$160.92B$27.46B$9.00B
Dividend Yield0.29%0.60%3.13%4.03%
P/E Ratio73.5253.6537.2920.18
Price / Sales3.636.981,914.32171.78
Price / Cash29.5231.7638.4457.97
Price / Book4.4710.157.275.61
Net Income$54.21M$4.12B$764.25M$248.59M
7 Day Performance3.38%2.25%0.73%4.67%
1 Month Performance12.44%7.37%5.13%7.18%
1 Year Performance28.46%0.71%52,445.96%21.21%

Advanced Energy Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3922 of 5 stars
$142.70
+1.1%
$126.89
-11.1%
+31.7%$5.37B$1.48B73.5210,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.764 of 5 stars
$183.07
-0.1%
$200.24
+9.4%
-22.3%$146.91B$28.09B22.2735,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COHU
Cohu
2.9821 of 5 stars
$19.24
-0.7%
$28.43
+47.8%
-41.2%$894.66M$401.78M-10.403,024Positive News
DIOD
Diodes
2.0561 of 5 stars
$52.89
+0.1%
$55.00
+4.0%
-25.8%$2.45B$1.31B96.168,593News Coverage
ICHR
Ichor
4.5293 of 5 stars
$19.64
+0.7%
$34.00
+73.1%
-44.3%$670.12M$892.12M-40.922,380
LRCX
Lam Research
4.5211 of 5 stars
$97.34
+0.1%
$93.97
-3.5%
-10.3%$124.51B$14.91B27.1317,450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MCHP
Microchip Technology
3.7808 of 5 stars
$70.37
-0.2%
$70.15
-0.3%
-19.1%$37.96B$4.40B-7,037.0021,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.7064 of 5 stars
$99.36
-0.8%
$130.82
+31.7%
-21.7%$6.70B$3.59B29.6610,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.8804 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-16.2%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TER
Teradyne
4.7107 of 5 stars
$89.92
-0.5%
$114.33
+27.2%
-39.5%$14.42B$2.82B25.406,500Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.2307 of 5 stars
$22.57
-0.7%
$37.00
+63.9%
-54.8%$1.02B$2.14B36.408,237Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AEIS) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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