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$26.63 +0.29 (+1.10%)
(As of 11:27 AM ET)

COHU vs. AEIS, FORM, ACLS, UCTT, PLAB, VECO, PDFS, XPER, AXTI, and RBCN

Should you be buying Cohu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohu include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Veeco Instruments (VECO), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), AXT (AXTI), and Rubicon Technology (RBCN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.

Cohu vs.

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $120.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Cohu has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.29%. Given Cohu's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cohu is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Advanced Energy Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Cohu
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Cohu's net margin of -11.35%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 9.02% beat Cohu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Advanced Energy Industries2.91% 9.02% 4.24%
Cohu -11.35%-1.01%-0.86%

Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Cohu. Cohu 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Energy Industries$1.47B2.94$128.28M$1.14100.71
Cohu$444.88M2.79$28.16M-$1.08-24.66

Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cohu pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohu pays out -22.2% 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. Cohu is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Cohu. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 1 mentions for Cohu. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Cohu's score of 0.60 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Advanced Energy Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cohu
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohu has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Advanced Energy Industries received 32 more outperform votes than Cohu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 63.40% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Advanced Energy IndustriesOutperform Votes
485
63.40%
Underperform Votes
280
36.60%
CohuOutperform Votes
453
67.11%
Underperform Votes
222
32.89%

Summary

Advanced Energy Industries beats Cohu on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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COHU vs. The Competition

MetricCohuInstruments to measure electricity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.24B$4.96B$26.56B$9.21B
Dividend YieldN/A0.41%2.80%4.30%
P/E Ratio-24.6624.65240.1517.17
Price / Sales2.793.132,724.14121.16
Price / Cash11.0019.8836.0237.84
Price / Book1.334.467.304.79
Net Income$28.16M$136.22M$682.35M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-2.85%-1.43%0.92%-0.12%
1 Month Performance-0.08%5.95%6.26%1.56%
1 Year Performance-25.28%1.80%22.69%16.07%

Cohu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHU
Cohu
1.5688 of 5 stars
$26.63
+1.1%
$31.50
+18.3%
-26.1%$1.24B$444.88M-24.663,259
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.2719 of 5 stars
$123.42
+5.3%
$120.25
-2.6%
+2.5%$4.65B$1.47B102.8210,000Positive News
FORM
FormFactor
3.2215 of 5 stars
$44.11
+3.8%
$55.38
+25.5%
+10.9%$3.42B$742.28M24.662,115Positive News
Gap Up
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
3.8649 of 5 stars
$77.05
+2.3%
$167.33
+117.2%
-47.0%$2.50B$1.08B11.151,704
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.0491 of 5 stars
$38.26
+2.5%
$57.75
+50.9%
+6.6%$1.72B$1.73B466.437,184Positive News
PLAB
Photronics
4.045 of 5 stars
$26.46
-0.1%
$35.00
+32.3%
-23.7%$1.68B$866.95M12.671,885Insider Trade
VECO
Veeco Instruments
3.2792 of 5 stars
$28.09
+1.5%
$42.14
+50.0%
-11.9%$1.59B$666.43M20.501,215
PDFS
PDF Solutions
3.3484 of 5 stars
$30.81
+2.1%
$41.00
+33.1%
-14.7%$1.19B$165.84M274.39493
XPER
Xperi
2.8705 of 5 stars
$10.82
+0.9%
$19.00
+75.6%
-4.4%$485.06M$508.56M-5.712,100Positive News
AXTI
AXT
2.8253 of 5 stars
$2.23
-3.5%
$5.30
+137.7%
-6.9%$99.79M$75.79M-9.241,456
RBCN
Rubicon Technology
N/A$1.75
flat
N/A+127.9%$4.17M$2M9.2110

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This page (NASDAQ:COHU) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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