AMKR vs. FORM, IPGP, WOLF, RMBS, POWI, SLAB, TSEM, CRUS, DIOD, and ALGM
Should you be buying Amkor Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amkor Technology include FormFactor (FORM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Diodes (DIOD), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Amkor Technology vs.
Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amkor Technology currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.58%. FormFactor has a consensus target price of $32.22, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Given Amkor Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amkor Technology is more favorable than FormFactor.
Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Amkor Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.1% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor 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.
FormFactor received 142 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.26% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
Amkor Technology has a net margin of 9.19% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 3.09%. Amkor Technology's return on equity of 18.08% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Amkor Technology had 3 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Amkor Technology and 4 mentions for FormFactor. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Amkor Technology's score of 0.39 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Amkor Technology beats FormFactor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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