ICHR vs. INDI, HIMX, SGH, IMOS, MXL, AOSL, VIAV, NVTS, PLAB, and LASR
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include indie Semiconductor (INDI), Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Photronics (PLAB), and nLIGHT (LASR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, indie Semiconductor had 4 more articles in the media than Ichor. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for indie Semiconductor and 4 mentions for Ichor. Ichor's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat indie Semiconductor's score of 0.37 indicating that Ichor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ichor has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, indie Semiconductor has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ichor has a net margin of -6.61% compared to indie Semiconductor's net margin of -32.12%. Ichor's return on equity of -2.93% beat indie Semiconductor's return on equity.
Ichor received 427 more outperform votes than indie Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave indie Semiconductor an outperform vote.
94.8% of Ichor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ichor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ichor currently has a consensus price target of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 20.35%. indie Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $12.64, indicating a potential upside of 99.73%. Given indie Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than Ichor.
Ichor has higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than indie Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ichor beats indie Semiconductor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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