TSEM vs. FORM, SYNA, WOLF, POWI, DIOD, IPGP, SLAB, KLIC, SIMO, and OSIS
Should you be buying Tower Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tower Semiconductor include FormFactor (FORM), Synaptics (SYNA), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Power Integrations (POWI), Diodes (DIOD), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Tower Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 36.44% compared to Tower Semiconductor's net margin of 12.42%. FormFactor's return on equity of 9.33% beat Tower Semiconductor's return on equity.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor presently has a consensus target price of $42.56, indicating a potential upside of 2.59%. Tower Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $36.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.40%. Given FormFactor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tower Semiconductor is more favorable than FormFactor.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 14 more articles in the media than Tower Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FormFactor and 6 mentions for Tower Semiconductor. Tower Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat FormFactor's score of 0.55 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FormFactor received 64 more outperform votes than Tower Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.44% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor beats FormFactor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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