IMOS vs. IPGP, SYNA, DIOD, WOLF, CRDO, SITM, SEDG, SIMO, KLIC, and OSIS
Should you be buying ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES include IPG Photonics (IPGP), Synaptics (SYNA), Diodes (DIOD), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), SiTime (SITM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
IPG Photonics received 253 more outperform votes than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.
IPG Photonics has higher revenue and earnings than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IPG Photonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's net margin of 9.62%. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's return on equity of 8.60% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.
In the previous week, IPG Photonics had 3 more articles in the media than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IPG Photonics and 4 mentions for ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES. IPG Photonics' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's score of 0.90 indicating that IPG Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.4% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IPG Photonics has a consensus target price of $110.40, suggesting a potential upside of 27.29%. Given IPG Photonics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES.
Summary
IPG Photonics beats ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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