PLAB vs. ACLS, AEIS, AMAT, AMKR, COHU, DIOD, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, and TER
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Applied Materials (AMAT), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Cohu (COHU), Diodes (DIOD), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), and Teradyne (TER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Photronics vs. Its Competitors
Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Axcelis Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Photronics. Photronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axcelis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Photronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Axcelis Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.24%. Photronics has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.91%. Given Axcelis Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Photronics.
Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Photronics' net margin of 14.00%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 18.55% beat Photronics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Photronics had 10 more articles in the media than Axcelis Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Photronics and 4 mentions for Axcelis Technologies. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Axcelis Technologies beats Photronics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLAB) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
