KLIC vs. SIMO, OSIS, DIOD, WOLF, SMTC, UCTT, SYNA, FORM, TSEM, and VIAV
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), OSI Systems (OSIS), Diodes (DIOD), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Semtech (SMTC), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Synaptics (SYNA), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus target price of $87.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.77%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.68%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Silicon Motion Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Silicon Motion Technology pays out 126.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silicon Motion Technology received 380 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.31% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 8.27% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of 7.03%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 8.55% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 4 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.57 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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