HIMX vs. INDI, SGH, IMOS, ICHR, AOSL, NVTS, LASR, MXL, CEVA, and AAOI
Should you be buying Himax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himax Technologies include indie Semiconductor (INDI), SMART Global (SGH), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Ichor (ICHR), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), MaxLinear (MXL), CEVA (CEVA), and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, indie Semiconductor had 7 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for indie Semiconductor and 0 mentions for Himax Technologies. indie Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Himax Technologies' score of 0.45 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
indie Semiconductor has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. indie Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Himax Technologies received 545 more outperform votes than indie Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave indie Semiconductor an outperform vote.
indie Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $12.64, suggesting a potential upside of 99.73%. Himax Technologies has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.94%. Given Himax Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Himax Technologies' net margin of -32.12%. indie Semiconductor's return on equity of 5.66% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats indie Semiconductor on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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