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