Onto Innovation (ONTO) Competitors

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRMB or ONTO?

93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Onto Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TRMB or ONTO?

Trimble presently has a consensus target price of $64.83, indicating a potential upside of 11.69%. Onto Innovation has a consensus target price of $191.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.50%. Given Trimble's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Onto Innovation is more favorable than Trimble.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trimble	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Onto Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk & volatility, TRMB or ONTO?

Trimble has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TRMB or ONTO?

In the previous week, Trimble had 7 more articles in the media than Onto Innovation. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Trimble and 11 mentions for Onto Innovation. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Onto Innovation's score of 0.62 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trimble	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Onto Innovation	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TRMB or ONTO?

Trimble has higher revenue and earnings than Onto Innovation. Trimble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, 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
Trimble	$3.80B	3.72	$311.30M	$1.25	46.29
Onto Innovation	$815.87M	10.15	$121.16M	$2.46	68.54

Is TRMB or ONTO more profitable?

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 14.85% compared to Onto Innovation's net margin of 8.19%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 12.59% beat Trimble's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trimble	8.19%	12.59%	6.02%
Onto Innovation	14.85%	10.95%	9.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRMB or ONTO?

Trimble received 176 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.32% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trimble	Outperform Votes 552 68.32%	Underperform Votes 256 31.68%
Onto Innovation	Outperform Votes 376 67.02%	Underperform Votes 185 32.98%

Summary

Onto Innovation beats Trimble on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.