Amkor Technology (AMKR) Competitors

CMC Materials (NASDAQ:CCMP) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CCMP or AMKR?

93.7% of CMC Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of CMC Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCMP or AMKR more profitable?

CMC Materials has a net margin of 8.85% compared to Amkor Technology's net margin of 5.68%. CMC Materials' return on equity of 23.55% beat Amkor Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CMC Materials	8.85%	23.55%	9.97%
Amkor Technology	5.68%	8.98%	5.35%

Do analysts prefer CCMP or AMKR?

Amkor Technology has a consensus target price of $36.29, indicating a potential upside of 43.08%. Given Amkor Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amkor Technology is more favorable than CMC Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CMC Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amkor Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCMP or AMKR?

CMC Materials received 159 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave CMC Materials an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CMC Materials	Outperform Votes 494 66.94%	Underperform Votes 244 33.06%
Amkor Technology	Outperform Votes 335 62.04%	Underperform Votes 205 37.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, CCMP or AMKR?

CMC Materials has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCMP or AMKR?

Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than CMC Materials. Amkor Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CMC Materials	$1.20B	4.14	-$68.58M	$3.82	45.47
Amkor Technology	$6.50B	0.96	$359.81M	$1.48	17.14

Does the media prefer CCMP or AMKR?

In the previous week, Amkor Technology had 8 more articles in the media than CMC Materials. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Amkor Technology and 0 mentions for CMC Materials. Amkor Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat CMC Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Amkor Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CMC Materials	Neutral
Amkor Technology	Positive

Is CCMP or AMKR a better dividend stock?

CMC Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Amkor Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CMC Materials pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amkor Technology pays out 20.9% 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. Amkor Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Amkor Technology beats CMC Materials on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.