SiTime (SITM) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SITM or FORM?

FormFactor received 357 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.79% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 101 67.79%	Underperform Votes 48 32.21%
FormFactor	Outperform Votes 458 69.50%	Underperform Votes 201 30.50%

Do analysts prefer SITM or FORM?

SiTime currently has a consensus target price of $141.43, indicating a potential upside of 34.22%. FormFactor has a consensus target price of $38.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.68%. Given SiTime's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SiTime is more favorable than FormFactor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
FormFactor	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Is SITM or FORM more profitable?

FormFactor has a net margin of -1.08% compared to SiTime's net margin of -19.08%. FormFactor's return on equity of 1.78% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-19.08%	-5.40%	-5.12%
FormFactor	-1.08%	1.78%	1.43%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SITM or FORM?

84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of SiTime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SITM or FORM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SiTime	$283.61M	8.32	$23.25M	-$1.74	-61.03
FormFactor	$747.94M	3.43	$50.74M	-$0.09	-367.29

Which has more volatility & risk, SITM or FORM?

SiTime has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SITM or FORM?

In the previous week, SiTime had 1 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SiTime and 2 mentions for FormFactor. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat SiTime's score of 0.13 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FormFactor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

FormFactor beats SiTime on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.