ACLS vs. VECO, ACMR, SANM, IRDM, DXC, ATHM, QTWO, DOCN, BL, and NCNO Should you be buying Axcelis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axcelis Technologies include Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), Sanmina (SANM), Iridium Communications (IRDM), DXC Technology (DXC), Autohome (ATHM), Q2 (QTWO), DigitalOcean (DOCN), BlackLine (BL), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS ) and Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO ) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Axcelis Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $169.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.25%. Veeco Instruments has a consensus target price of $40.71, suggesting a potential upside of 1.79%. Given Axcelis Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 22.16% compared to Veeco Instruments' net margin of -2.51%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 30.22% beat Veeco Instruments' return on equity.
Axcelis Technologies received 88 more outperform votes than Veeco Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 5 more articles in the media than Axcelis Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 5 mentions for Axcelis Technologies. Axcelis Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.46 indicating that Axcelis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axcelis Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axcelis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary Axcelis Technologies beats Veeco Instruments on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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