Ichor (ICHR) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer SITM or ICHR?

SiTime presently has a consensus price target of $232.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.94%. Ichor has a consensus price target of $42.29, indicating a potential upside of 26.09%. Given SiTime's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SiTime is more favorable than Ichor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Ichor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SITM or ICHR?

84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ichor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SITM or ICHR more profitable?

Ichor has a net margin of -2.45% compared to SiTime's net margin of -46.18%. Ichor's return on equity of -1.38% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-46.18%	-10.12%	-7.86%
Ichor	-2.45%	-1.38%	-0.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SITM or ICHR?

Ichor received 352 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 68.07% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 113 68.07%	Underperform Votes 53 31.93%
Ichor	Outperform Votes 465 69.72%	Underperform Votes 202 30.28%

Does the media favor SITM or ICHR?

In the previous week, SiTime had 4 more articles in the media than Ichor. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SiTime and 1 mentions for Ichor. SiTime's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Ichor's score of 0.00 indicating that SiTime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ichor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SITM or ICHR?

Ichor has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiTime, 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
SiTime	$202.70M	20.95	-$93.60M	-$4.05	-44.43
Ichor	$849.04M	1.33	-$20.82M	-$0.65	-51.59

Which has more risk and volatility, SITM or ICHR?

SiTime has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ichor has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ichor beats SiTime on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.