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Rubicon Technology (RBCN) Competitors

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$2.11 -0.19 (-8.26%)
As of 07/11/2025 03:47 PM Eastern

RBCN vs. AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, ENTG, MKSI, AMKR, AEIS, ONTO, FORM, and ACLS

Should you be buying Rubicon Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rubicon Technology include Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), KLA (KLAC), Entegris (ENTG), MKS (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Onto Innovation (ONTO), FormFactor (FORM), and Axcelis Technologies (ACLS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.

Rubicon Technology vs. Its Competitors

Rubicon Technology (NASDAQ:RBCN) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Rubicon Technology pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 521.3%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Rubicon Technology pays out -22,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Rubicon Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Rubicon Technology has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Rubicon Technology. Rubicon Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rubicon Technology$3.88M1.29-$10K-$0.05-42.20
Applied Materials$27.18B5.84$7.18B$8.2224.08

0.0% of Rubicon Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Rubicon Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Materials has a net margin of 24.06% compared to Rubicon Technology's net margin of -29.90%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.15% beat Rubicon Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rubicon Technology-29.90% -122.29% -47.56%
Applied Materials 24.06%40.15%22.42%

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 72 more articles in the media than Rubicon Technology. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Applied Materials and 0 mentions for Rubicon Technology. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Rubicon Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Rubicon Technology Neutral
Applied Materials Positive

Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $203.65, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. Given Applied Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Rubicon Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rubicon Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Summary

Applied Materials beats Rubicon Technology on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RBCN vs. The Competition

MetricRubicon TechnologyElectronic parts & equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.02M$60.56M$27.66B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.12%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.1111.1136.9320.26
Price / Sales1.290.691,879.65166.10
Price / Cash89.5967.8337.5557.67
Price / Book12.414.977.285.49
Net Income-$10K-$13.75M$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-10.21%-3.70%-0.26%4.79%
1 Month Performance0.96%2.85%6.06%9.59%
1 Year PerformanceN/A144.91%52,479.79%16.41%

Rubicon Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RBCN
Rubicon Technology
N/A$2.11
-8.3%
N/A+111.0%$5.02M$3.88M11.1110Gap Down
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.8447 of 5 stars
$195.15
+2.3%
$202.65
+3.8%
-18.7%$156.61B$27.18B23.7435,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
LRCX
Lam Research
4.3269 of 5 stars
$99.84
+1.7%
$96.05
-3.8%
-4.9%$127.71B$17.14B27.8317,450Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KLAC
KLA
4.672 of 5 stars
$922.98
+1.1%
$833.89
-9.7%
+7.8%$122.06B$11.55B33.5515,230Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ENTG
Entegris
4.8141 of 5 stars
$86.95
+4.8%
$113.00
+30.0%
-39.4%$13.16B$3.24B42.628,200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.7242 of 5 stars
$104.92
+2.7%
$129.91
+23.8%
-25.8%$7.08B$3.65B31.3210,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AMKR
Amkor Technology
4.8861 of 5 stars
$22.28
+3.9%
$28.00
+25.7%
-48.1%$5.50B$6.27B17.4128,300Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3628 of 5 stars
$138.26
+1.2%
$126.89
-8.2%
+23.6%$5.21B$1.48B71.2710,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ONTO
Onto Innovation
4.8199 of 5 stars
$103.96
+5.3%
$141.67
+36.3%
-55.6%$5.08B$1.03B23.521,551Positive News
Analyst Revision
FORM
FormFactor
2.2513 of 5 stars
$36.01
+3.7%
$42.71
+18.6%
-39.7%$2.78B$763.60M52.192,115News Coverage
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.5706 of 5 stars
$74.46
+4.9%
$136.00
+82.6%
-49.7%$2.39B$1.02B13.641,563Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:RBCN) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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