AXTI vs. MX, SOL, EBON, XPER, RBCN, IOTS, DSPG, AMAT, LRCX, and KLAC
Should you be buying AXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXT include Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Emeren Group (SOL), Ebang International (EBON), Xperi (XPER), Rubicon Technology (RBCN), Adesto Technologies (IOTS), DSP Group (DSPG), Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA (KLAC).
Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) and AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
AXT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magnachip Semiconductor. AXT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnachip Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magnachip Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.29%. AXT has a consensus price target of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 42.57%. Given AXT's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Magnachip Semiconductor is more favorable than AXT.
74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of AXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of AXT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AXT received 110 more outperform votes than Magnachip Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.44% of users gave AXT an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Magnachip Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Magnachip Semiconductor has a net margin of -13.76% compared to Magnachip Semiconductor's net margin of -21.01%. Magnachip Semiconductor's return on equity of -7.40% beat AXT's return on equity.
In the previous week, AXT had 15 more articles in the media than Magnachip Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AXT and 2 mentions for Magnachip Semiconductor. Magnachip Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat AXT's score of 0.00 indicating that AXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXT has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AXT beats Magnachip Semiconductor on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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