KLIC vs. OSIS, SIMO, AMBA, UCTT, SITM, AMKR, LSCC, ALAB, MTSI, and CRUS
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Ambarella (AMBA), Ultra Clean (UCTT), SiTime (SITM), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Astera Labs (ALAB), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) are both mid-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, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.12%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $165.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than OSI Systems.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Kulicke and Soffa Industries' net margin of -8.94%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries received 12 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.58% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kulicke and Soffa Industries and Kulicke and Soffa Industries both had 3 articles in the media. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 0.94 indicating that OSI Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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