ICHR vs. INDI, SGH, IMOS, HIMX, NVTS, PLAB, MXL, SITM, AOSL, and VIAV
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include indie Semiconductor (INDI), SMART Global (SGH), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Photronics (PLAB), MaxLinear (MXL), SiTime (SITM), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) and Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Ichor has higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than indie Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
indie Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 143.68%. Ichor has a consensus price target of $44.80, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Ichor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than Ichor.
In the previous week, Ichor had 1 more articles in the media than indie Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ichor and 4 mentions for indie Semiconductor. Ichor's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat indie Semiconductor's score of 0.62 indicating that indie Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
indie Semiconductor has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ichor has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ichor received 427 more outperform votes than indie Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave indie Semiconductor an outperform vote.
67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ichor shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ichor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ichor has a net margin of -5.30% compared to Ichor's net margin of -52.46%. indie Semiconductor's return on equity of -0.88% beat Ichor's return on equity.
Summary
Ichor beats indie Semiconductor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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