SITM vs. FORM, KLIC, AMBA, VIAV, TSEM, OSIS, MXL, SYNA, SMTC, and DIOD
Should you be buying SiTime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SiTime include FormFactor (FORM), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Ambarella (AMBA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), OSI Systems (OSIS), MaxLinear (MXL), Synaptics (SYNA), Semtech (SMTC), and Diodes (DIOD). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
FormFactor beats SiTime on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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