AEIS vs. PI, VICR, VREX, MVIS, ONTO, MKSI, AMKR, FORM, ACLS, and VECO
Should you be buying Advanced Energy Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Energy Industries include Impinj (PI), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Onto Innovation (ONTO), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), and Veeco Instruments (VECO).
Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) and Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Impinj has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advanced Energy Industries received 28 more outperform votes than Impinj when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Impinj. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 5 mentions for Impinj. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Impinj's score of 1.17 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Impinj presently has a consensus target price of $143.10, suggesting a potential downside of 12.57%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus target price of $108.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.33%. Given Impinj's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Impinj.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of -1.90%. Impinj's return on equity of 11.65% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Impinj shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Impinj on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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