UCTT vs. PLAB, CEVA, FORM, VIAV, SITM, MXL, AMBA, SMTC, ICHR, and SIMO
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Photronics (PLAB), CEVA (CEVA), FormFactor (FORM), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), SiTime (SITM), MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), Ichor (ICHR), and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Ultra Clean received 129 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.50% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -1.79%. Photronics' return on equity of 10.37% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
Photronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Photronics had 6 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Photronics and 0 mentions for Ultra Clean. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Ultra Clean's score of 0.00 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Photronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultra Clean presently has a consensus target price of $52.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.74%. Photronics has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 23.75%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Photronics.
Summary
Photronics beats Ultra Clean on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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