FORM vs. UCTT, PLAB, DQ, SPWR, AMKR, POWI, IPGP, SLAB, TSEM, and SYNA
Should you be buying FormFactor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FormFactor include Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Daqo New Energy (DQ), SunPower (SPWR), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Power Integrations (POWI), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Synaptics (SYNA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultra Clean currently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.39%. FormFactor has a consensus target price of $48.40, suggesting a potential downside of 13.12%. Given FormFactor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than FormFactor.
FormFactor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ultra Clean had 2 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ultra Clean and 15 mentions for FormFactor. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat FormFactor's score of 0.25 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ultra Clean received 24 more outperform votes than FormFactor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to FormFactor's net margin of -2.09%. Ultra Clean's return on equity of 2.29% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FormFactor beats Ultra Clean on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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