HIMX vs. LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, LPL, PI, SIMO, VIAV, LUNR, and NN
Should you be buying Himax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himax Technologies include Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), and NextNav (NN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Himax Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Himax Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 9.54% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -29.87%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 9.83% beat Lumentum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lumentum had 7 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lumentum and 2 mentions for Himax Technologies. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Himax Technologies' score of 0.42 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lumentum has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lumentum received 345 more outperform votes than Himax Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote.
94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lumentum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lumentum currently has a consensus target price of $84.93, suggesting a potential downside of 5.27%. Himax Technologies has a consensus target price of $11.90, suggesting a potential upside of 33.56%. Given Himax Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Himax Technologies is more favorable than Lumentum.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Lumentum on 10 of the 19 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:HIMX) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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