VIAV vs. UCTT, PLAB, SITM, MXL, AMBA, DQ, SMTC, ICHR, SIMO, and OSIS
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), SiTime (SITM), MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Semtech (SMTC), Ichor (ICHR), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Viavi Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Viavi Solutions and 0 mentions for Ultra Clean. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ultra Clean's score of 0.00 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of 0.49% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -1.79%. Viavi Solutions' return on equity of 5.38% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
Viavi Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viavi Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 69.58%. Ultra Clean has a consensus target price of $52.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.60%. Given Viavi Solutions' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Ultra Clean.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Viavi Solutions received 172 more outperform votes than Ultra Clean when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats Ultra Clean on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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