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PLAB vs. ONTO, AMKR, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, VECO, UCTT, COHU, PDFS, and XPER

Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Onto Innovation (ONTO), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), and Xperi (XPER). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.

Photronics vs.

Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Onto Innovation currently has a consensus target price of $167.86, suggesting a potential upside of 75.34%. Photronics has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.70%. Given Photronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Photronics is more favorable than Onto Innovation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Onto Innovation
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Photronics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Onto Innovation has higher revenue and earnings than Photronics. Photronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Onto Innovation$1.03B4.56$201.67M$4.4221.66
Photronics$862.75M1.47$130.69M$2.358.48

In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 21 more articles in the media than Photronics. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Onto Innovation and 7 mentions for Photronics. Onto Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Photronics' score of 1.13 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Onto Innovation
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Photronics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Photronics' net margin of 15.07%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 14.24% beat Photronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Onto Innovation20.43% 14.24% 13.01%
Photronics 15.07%9.10%7.80%

Onto Innovation received 43 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.62% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Onto InnovationOutperform Votes
403
67.62%
Underperform Votes
193
32.38%
PhotronicsOutperform Votes
360
66.42%
Underperform Votes
182
33.58%

Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

98.3% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Photronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Onto Innovation beats Photronics on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLAB vs. The Competition

MetricPhotronicsSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.27B$59.32B$25.27B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio9.5442.2744.7719.75
Price / Sales1.4744.992,072.01118.67
Price / Cash6.7826.4934.7834.62
Price / Book0.856.896.684.50
Net Income$130.69M$760.21M$739.99M$248.32M
7 Day Performance-4.31%-2.14%-0.27%0.48%
1 Month Performance12.68%21.16%13.42%13.08%
1 Year Performance-24.31%33.18%52,709.90%7.36%

Photronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLAB
Photronics
4.2672 of 5 stars
$19.85
-0.8%
$35.00
+76.3%
-29.2%$1.26B$862.75M9.501,830News Coverage
Positive News
ONTO
Onto Innovation
4.8699 of 5 stars
$100.48
+1.1%
$177.14
+76.3%
-58.9%$4.91B$1.03B24.751,640Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AMKR
Amkor Technology
4.9682 of 5 stars
$19.26
-2.4%
$28.00
+45.4%
-42.8%$4.76B$6.27B13.4731,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
3.7997 of 5 stars
$116.97
-1.0%
$124.67
+6.6%
+7.8%$4.40B$1.56B81.8012,000Positive News
FORM
FormFactor
3.7232 of 5 stars
$32.00
-0.2%
$42.71
+33.5%
-46.1%$2.47B$766.23M35.962,100Positive News
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.3603 of 5 stars
$62.01
+0.7%
$131.00
+111.3%
-47.3%$1.99B$958.06M10.081,390Positive News
Insider Trade
VECO
Veeco Instruments
3.6181 of 5 stars
$20.23
-1.6%
$30.43
+50.4%
-51.5%$1.18B$710.11M16.311,220Positive News
Gap Down
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.041 of 5 stars
$21.44
-2.8%
$37.00
+72.6%
-56.0%$968.00M$2.14B268.037,760Trending News
COHU
Cohu
3.1378 of 5 stars
$17.73
-0.2%
$28.43
+60.3%
-41.7%$824.50M$390.96M-11.823,220
PDFS
PDF Solutions
3.926 of 5 stars
$19.39
-1.6%
$33.33
+71.9%
-47.1%$758.91M$185.93M193.90460Positive News
XPER
Xperi
2.8 of 5 stars
$7.98
flat
$19.00
+138.1%
-15.7%$363.23M$488.88M-4.202,100

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This page (NASDAQ:PLAB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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