Xperi (XPER) Competitors

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) and Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PLAB or XPER?

88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Photronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Xperi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PLAB or XPER more profitable?

Photronics has a net margin of 15.07% compared to Xperi's net margin of -16.72%. Photronics' return on equity of 9.10% beat Xperi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Photronics	15.07%	9.10%	7.80%
Xperi	-16.72%	-7.03%	-4.14%

Which has more volatility and risk, PLAB or XPER?

Photronics has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLAB or XPER?

Photronics received 4 more outperform votes than Xperi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote while only 65.80% of users gave Xperi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Photronics	Outperform Votes 360 66.42%	Underperform Votes 182 33.58%
Xperi	Outperform Votes 356 65.80%	Underperform Votes 185 34.20%

Do analysts prefer PLAB or XPER?

Photronics currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.32%. Xperi has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 144.69%. Given Xperi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than Photronics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Photronics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Xperi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PLAB or XPER?

Photronics has higher revenue and earnings than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, 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
Photronics	$862.75M	1.46	$130.69M	$2.35	8.45
Xperi	$488.88M	0.72	-$136.61M	-$0.43	-18.06

Does the media prefer PLAB or XPER?

In the previous week, Photronics had 5 more articles in the media than Xperi. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Photronics and 3 mentions for Xperi. Xperi's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Photronics' score of 1.32 indicating that Xperi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Photronics	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xperi	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Photronics beats Xperi on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.