SGH vs. IMOS, HIMX, INDI, AOSL, ICHR, NVTS, LASR, CEVA, AAOI, and MXL
Should you be buying SMART Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SMART Global include ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Himax Technologies (HIMX), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Ichor (ICHR), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), CEVA (CEVA), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), and MaxLinear (MXL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS) and SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
7.4% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SMART Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SMART Global received 136 more outperform votes than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SMART Global had 5 more articles in the media than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SMART Global and 1 mentions for ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat SMART Global's score of 0.70 indicating that SMART Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SMART Global has a consensus price target of $30.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.68%. Given ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SMART Global is more favorable than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SMART Global. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a net margin of 9.62% compared to ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's net margin of -15.79%. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's return on equity of 11.82% beat SMART Global's return on equity.
Summary
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES beats SMART Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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