AEIS vs. ENTG, ONTO, MKSI, AMKR, FORM, ACLS, UCTT, PLAB, VECO, and COHU
Should you be buying Advanced Energy Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Energy Industries include Entegris (ENTG), Onto Innovation (ONTO), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Cohu (COHU). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Advanced Energy Industries vs.
Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) and Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Entegris has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 3.66%. Entegris' return on equity of 12.83% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Entegris. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 11 mentions for Entegris. Entegris' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 1.02 indicating that Entegris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Entegris presently has a consensus target price of $128.78, suggesting a potential upside of 23.72%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus target price of $126.56, suggesting a potential upside of 0.01%. Given Entegris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Entegris is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
Entegris pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Entegris pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Entegris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Entegris has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Entegris received 12 more outperform votes than Advanced Energy Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.40% of users gave Entegris an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
Entegris has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Entegris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Entegris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Entegris beats Advanced Energy Industries on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AEIS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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