FORM vs. UCTT, PLAB, DQ, SPWR, AMKR, SYNA, TSEM, WOLF, POWI, and KLIC
Should you be buying FormFactor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FormFactor include Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Daqo New Energy (DQ), SunPower (SPWR), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Synaptics (SYNA), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Power Integrations (POWI), and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 17 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for FormFactor and 0 mentions for Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat FormFactor's score of 0.00 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultra Clean currently has a consensus target price of $52.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. FormFactor has a consensus target price of $42.56, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. Given FormFactor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than FormFactor.
Ultra Clean received 26 more outperform votes than FormFactor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.07% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
FormFactor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FormFactor has a net margin of 12.42% compared to FormFactor's net margin of -1.79%. Ultra Clean's return on equity of 2.43% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FormFactor beats Ultra Clean on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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