Xperi (XPER) Competitors

Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) are both small-cap semiconductor equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

Is VECO or XPER more profitable?

Veeco Instruments has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Xperi's net margin of -16.72%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 8.29% beat Xperi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veeco Instruments	8.99%	8.29%	5.01%
Xperi	-16.72%	-7.03%	-4.14%

Do analysts prefer VECO or XPER?

Veeco Instruments presently has a consensus target price of $30.43, indicating a potential upside of 42.06%. Xperi has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 147.88%. Given Xperi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veeco Instruments	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Xperi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VECO or XPER?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veeco Instruments	$710.11M	1.81	$73.71M	$1.07	20.02
Xperi	$488.88M	0.71	-$136.61M	-$0.43	-17.83

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VECO or XPER?

98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Xperi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, VECO or XPER?

Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VECO or XPER?

In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 3 more articles in the media than Xperi. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 1 mentions for Xperi. Xperi's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.90 indicating that Xperi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veeco Instruments	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xperi	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Veeco Instruments beats Xperi on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.