KYOCY vs. UMC, ASX, SWKS, SMICY, ATEYY, MPWR, LSCC, QRVO, BESIY, and ALGM
Should you be buying Kyocera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kyocera include United Microelectronics (UMC), ASE Technology (ASX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMICY), Advantest (ATEYY), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Qorvo (QRVO), BE Semiconductor Industries (BESIY), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM).
Kyocera vs.
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyocera has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Microelectronics had 9 more articles in the media than Kyocera. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for United Microelectronics and 0 mentions for Kyocera. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Kyocera's score of 0.00 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
5.4% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kyocera shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 30.96% compared to Kyocera's net margin of 6.32%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 25.80% beat Kyocera's return on equity.
United Microelectronics received 38 more outperform votes than Kyocera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.62% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote while only 54.85% of users gave Kyocera an outperform vote.
United Microelectronics currently has a consensus target price of $6.46, indicating a potential downside of 23.51%. Given United Microelectronics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than Kyocera.
United Microelectronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kyocera. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kyocera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United Microelectronics beats Kyocera on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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