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$18.86 +0.16 (+0.86%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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VECO vs. AMKR, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, PLAB, UCTT, COHU, PDFS, XPER, and AXTI

Should you be buying Veeco Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeco Instruments include Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Photronics (PLAB), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), and AXT (AXTI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.

Veeco Instruments vs.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) and Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Veeco Instruments received 133 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote while only 54.36% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Amkor TechnologyOutperform Votes
341
61.78%
Underperform Votes
211
38.22%
Veeco InstrumentsOutperform Votes
474
54.36%
Underperform Votes
398
45.64%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amkor Technology$6.27B0.69$354.01M$1.2813.66
Veeco Instruments$717.30M1.52$73.71M$1.2415.21

Amkor Technology currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.18%. Veeco Instruments has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.67%. Given Veeco Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veeco Instruments is more favorable than Amkor Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amkor Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Veeco Instruments
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

In the previous week, Amkor Technology had 44 more articles in the media than Veeco Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Amkor Technology and 4 mentions for Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Amkor Technology's score of 0.18 indicating that Veeco Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amkor Technology
5 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Veeco Instruments
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Veeco Instruments has a net margin of 10.28% compared to Amkor Technology's net margin of 5.60%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 9.38% beat Amkor Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amkor Technology5.60% 8.59% 5.14%
Veeco Instruments 10.28%9.38%5.48%

Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Veeco Instruments beats Amkor Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VECO vs. The Competition

MetricVeeco InstrumentsSpecial industry machinery IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.09B$17.64B$23.43B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%2.96%4.22%
P/E Ratio15.2121.9842.3518.54
Price / Sales1.528.242,105.70103.30
Price / Cash15.3225.7634.7234.62
Price / Book1.423.296.184.25
Net Income$73.71M$587.52M$737.35M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-2.58%0.84%1.23%1.03%
1 Month Performance-8.00%-3.21%1.65%2.70%
1 Year Performance-47.17%-3.73%52,704.80%4.05%

Veeco Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VECO
Veeco Instruments
4.1535 of 5 stars
$18.86
+0.9%
$32.00
+69.7%
-45.5%$1.09B$717.30M15.211,220Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AMKR
Amkor Technology
4.9723 of 5 stars
$17.48
-0.4%
$31.50
+80.2%
-42.4%$4.32B$6.32B12.2231,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
3.9581 of 5 stars
$98.89
-1.8%
$125.22
+26.6%
+12.7%$3.75B$1.48B69.1512,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
FORM
FormFactor
4.1901 of 5 stars
$28.54
+0.7%
$48.50
+69.9%
-34.1%$2.20B$763.60M32.072,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.0507 of 5 stars
$48.60
-2.5%
$131.00
+169.5%
-51.7%$1.56B$1.02B7.901,390Upcoming Earnings
PLAB
Photronics
3.9933 of 5 stars
$18.59
-0.4%
$35.00
+88.3%
-31.5%$1.18B$862.75M8.891,830Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.3082 of 5 stars
$22.30
-0.8%
$46.75
+109.6%
-53.7%$1.01B$2.10B278.787,760Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
COHU
Cohu
2.9753 of 5 stars
$16.81
-0.4%
$30.57
+81.9%
-45.7%$782.34M$401.78M-11.213,220News Coverage
PDFS
PDF Solutions
3.8842 of 5 stars
$18.48
-1.5%
$35.33
+91.2%
-39.1%$722.83M$179.47M184.80460Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
XPER
Xperi
2.7393 of 5 stars
$7.38
+0.2%
$19.00
+157.6%
-30.4%$335.70M$493.69M-3.882,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
AXTI
AXT
2.6956 of 5 stars
$1.41
-0.7%
$5.13
+263.5%
-53.3%$64.29M$99.36M-5.041,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:VECO) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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