PLAB vs. AMKR, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, VECO, UCTT, COHU, PDFS, XPER, and AXTI
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), and AXT (AXTI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Photronics vs.
Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Photronics currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.23%. Amkor Technology has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.19%. Given Photronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Photronics is more favorable than Amkor Technology.
Photronics received 19 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Photronics had 2 more articles in the media than Amkor Technology. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Photronics and 7 mentions for Amkor Technology. Amkor Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Photronics' score of 1.08 indicating that Amkor Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Photronics has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Photronics. Photronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amkor Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.07% compared to Amkor Technology's net margin of 5.60%. Photronics' return on equity of 9.10% beat Amkor Technology's return on equity.
88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Photronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Amkor Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Photronics beats Amkor Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLAB) was last updated on 5/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
