AMKR vs. FORM, MTSI, QRVO, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, ALGM, ALAB, POWI, and IPGP Should you be buying Amkor Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amkor Technology include FormFactor (FORM), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Qorvo (QRVO), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Astera Labs (ALAB), Power Integrations (POWI), and IPG Photonics (IPGP). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR ) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM ) 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, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Amkor Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.4% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned 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.
Amkor Technology presently has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.26%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $48.40, suggesting a potential downside of 13.12%. Given Amkor Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amkor Technology is more favorable than FormFactor.
In the previous week, Amkor Technology and Amkor Technology both had 15 articles in the media. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Amkor Technology's score of 0.95 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Amkor Technology's net margin of 5.84%. Amkor Technology's return on equity of 9.53% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
FormFactor received 139 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary Amkor Technology beats FormFactor on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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