HIMX vs. SGH, ICHR, LASR, PLAB, CEVA, POWI, TSEM, SLAB, IPGP, and SYNA
Should you be buying Himax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himax Technologies include SMART Global (SGH), Ichor (ICHR), nLIGHT (LASR), Photronics (PLAB), CEVA (CEVA), Power Integrations (POWI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), and Synaptics (SYNA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SMART Global. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to SMART Global's net margin of -15.79%. SMART Global's return on equity of 11.82% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SMART Global shares are owned 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.
Himax Technologies received 173 more outperform votes than SMART Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.80%. SMART Global has a consensus target price of $30.70, indicating a potential upside of 45.98%. Given SMART Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SMART Global is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
In the previous week, Himax Technologies and Himax Technologies both had 5 articles in the media. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat SMART Global's score of 1.26 indicating that Himax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats SMART Global on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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