UCTT vs. PLAB, NVTS, INDI, SMTC, HIMX, IMOS, MXL, SGH, ICHR, and LASR
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Photronics (PLAB), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Semtech (SMTC), Himax Technologies (HIMX), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), MaxLinear (MXL), SMART Global (SGH), Ichor (ICHR), and nLIGHT (LASR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
83.6% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Photronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Photronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean.
In the previous week, Ultra Clean and Ultra Clean both had 2 articles in the media. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ultra Clean's score of -0.32 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultra Clean presently has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 81.02%. Photronics has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Photronics.
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 66.36% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.
Photronics has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of 0.03%. Photronics' return on equity of 10.72% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
Summary
Ultra Clean beats Photronics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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