ACLS vs. VECO, ACMR, SANM, IRDM, DXC, ATHM, QTWO, DOCN, BL, and NCNO
Should you be buying Axcelis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axcelis Technologies include Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), Sanmina (SANM), Iridium Communications (IRDM), DXC Technology (DXC), Autohome (ATHM), Q2 (QTWO), DigitalOcean (DOCN), BlackLine (BL), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 5 more articles in the media than Axcelis Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 5 mentions for Axcelis Technologies. Veeco Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.55 indicating that Axcelis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 22.16% compared to Axcelis Technologies' net margin of -2.51%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 30.22% beat Axcelis Technologies' return on equity.
Axcelis Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axcelis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axcelis Technologies received 88 more outperform votes than Veeco Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
Veeco Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $40.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Axcelis Technologies has a consensus target price of $169.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.25%. Given Veeco Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
Summary
Axcelis Technologies beats Veeco Instruments on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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