SGH vs. HIMX, ICHR, AOSL, PLAB, CEVA, POWI, TSEM, SLAB, IPGP, and SYNA
Should you be buying SMART Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SMART Global include Himax Technologies (HIMX), Ichor (ICHR), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Photronics (PLAB), CEVA (CEVA), Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), and Synaptics (SYNA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Himax Technologies received 173 more outperform votes than SMART Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SMART Global. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Himax Technologies' net margin of -15.79%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 11.82% beat SMART Global's return on equity.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SMART Global had 4 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SMART Global and 4 mentions for Himax Technologies. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat SMART Global's score of 0.62 indicating that SMART Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Himax Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. SMART Global has a consensus target price of $30.70, suggesting a potential upside of 49.17%. Given Himax Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SMART Global is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SMART Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats SMART Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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