PLAB vs. AOSL, HIMX, SGH, ICHR, LASR, FORM, ACLS, AEIS, VECO, and UCTT
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), Ichor (ICHR), nLIGHT (LASR), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Ultra Clean (UCTT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Photronics' net margin of -1.44%. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's return on equity of 9.73% beat Photronics' return on equity.
79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Photronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $42.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.98%. Given Photronics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than Photronics.
In the previous week, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had 5 more articles in the media than Photronics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and 2 mentions for Photronics. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Photronics' score of 0.71 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Photronics received 48 more outperform votes than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.48% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Alpha and Omega Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Photronics has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Photronics beats Alpha and Omega Semiconductor on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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