PDFS vs. FORM, ACLS, VECO, PLAB, UCTT, COHU, XPER, AXTI, RBCN, and AMAT
Should you be buying PDF Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDF Solutions include FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Photronics (PLAB), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Cohu (COHU), Xperi (XPER), AXT (AXTI), Rubicon Technology (RBCN), and Applied Materials (AMAT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
PDF Solutions vs.
PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
PDF Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 67.93%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $42.71, suggesting a potential upside of 23.63%. Given PDF Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PDF Solutions is more favorable than FormFactor.
FormFactor received 187 more outperform votes than PDF Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave PDF Solutions an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 9.12% compared to PDF Solutions' net margin of 2.26%. FormFactor's return on equity of 5.93% beat PDF Solutions' return on equity.
79.5% of PDF Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of PDF Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 6 more articles in the media than PDF Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FormFactor and 2 mentions for PDF Solutions. PDF Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat FormFactor's score of 0.64 indicating that PDF Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PDF Solutions has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor has higher revenue and earnings than PDF Solutions. FormFactor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PDF Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FormFactor beats PDF Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PDFS) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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