AMKR vs. FORM, MTSI, RMBS, LSCC, ALGM, CRUS, SLAB, IPGP, QRVO, and POWI
Should you be buying Amkor Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amkor Technology include FormFactor (FORM), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Rambus (RMBS), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Qorvo (QRVO), and Power Integrations (POWI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
FormFactor presently has a consensus target price of $42.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.90%. Amkor Technology has a consensus target price of $34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.13%. Given FormFactor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amkor Technology is more favorable than FormFactor.
FormFactor received 138 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 3 more articles in the media than Amkor Technology. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FormFactor and 5 mentions for Amkor Technology. Amkor Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat FormFactor's score of 0.44 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor has a net margin of 12.42% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 5.53%. FormFactor's return on equity of 9.37% beat Amkor Technology's return on equity.
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.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Amkor Technology beats FormFactor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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