ICHR vs. HIMX, SGH, NPTN, AOSL, PLAB, POWI, CRDO, FORM, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), NeoPhotonics (NPTN), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Photronics (PLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Ichor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ichor has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Himax Technologies' net margin of -6.61%. Ichor's return on equity of 5.66% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
Himax Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. Ichor has a consensus price target of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.81%. Given Himax Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ichor is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
In the previous week, Himax Technologies and Himax Technologies both had 2 articles in the media. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Ichor's score of 0.42 indicating that Ichor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ichor 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.
Himax Technologies received 118 more outperform votes than Ichor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Ichor on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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