AEIS vs. LPL, PI, VICR, FIVN, ACIW, BOX, BLKB, USM, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Advanced Energy Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Energy Industries include LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Vicor (VICR), Five9 (FIVN), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BOX (BOX), Blackbaud (BLKB), United States Cellular (USM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and LG Display (NYSE:LPL) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of LG Display 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.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LG Display. LG Display 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.
In the previous week, LG Display had 1 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LG Display and 4 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat LG Display's score of 0.26 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advanced Energy Industries received 86 more outperform votes than LG Display when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave LG Display an outperform vote.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LG Display has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $108.86, suggesting a potential upside of 3.06%. Given Advanced Energy Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than LG Display.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 6.58% compared to LG Display's net margin of -12.93%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 11.65% beat LG Display's return on equity.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats LG Display on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEIS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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