DQ vs. FORM, POWI, TSEM, SLAB, IPGP, SYNA, DIOD, WOLF, CRDO, and SITM
Should you be buying Daqo New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daqo New Energy include FormFactor (FORM), Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Synaptics (SYNA), Diodes (DIOD), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), and SiTime (SITM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 7 more articles in the media than Daqo New Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FormFactor and 4 mentions for Daqo New Energy. Daqo New Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat FormFactor's score of 0.32 indicating that Daqo New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Daqo New Energy presently has a consensus price target of $27.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.67%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $48.40, indicating a potential downside of 11.55%. Given Daqo New Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Daqo New Energy is more favorable than FormFactor.
Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Daqo New Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FormFactor received 115 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 66.60% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Daqo New Energy's net margin of 7.84%. Daqo New Energy's return on equity of 2.46% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
Summary
FormFactor beats Daqo New Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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