FORM vs. POWI, TSEM, SYNA, ACIA, DIOD, ONTO, MKSI, AMKR, AEIS, and ACLS
Should you be buying FormFactor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FormFactor include Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Synaptics (SYNA), Acacia Communications (ACIA), Diodes (DIOD), Onto Innovation (ONTO), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), and Axcelis Technologies (ACLS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Power Integrations currently has a consensus price target of $87.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.98%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $48.40, indicating a potential downside of 11.55%. Given FormFactor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than FormFactor.
FormFactor received 47 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FormFactor has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. FormFactor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Power Integrations and Power Integrations both had 12 articles in the media. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.53 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 12.28%. FormFactor's return on equity of 6.13% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Summary
Power Integrations beats FormFactor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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