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IPG Photonics (IPGP) Competitors

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$71.35 -2.28 (-3.10%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IPGP vs. ADI, AEIS, DIOD, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, UCTT, TEL, FN, and SANM

Should you be buying IPG Photonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IPG Photonics include Analog Devices (ADI), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Diodes (DIOD), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Ultra Clean (UCTT), TE Connectivity (TEL), Fabrinet (FN), and Sanmina (SANM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

IPG Photonics vs. Its Competitors

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of -21.18%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 9.56% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Analog Devices18.65% 9.56% 6.99%
IPG Photonics -21.18%2.56%2.28%

86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Analog Devices had 36 more articles in the media than IPG Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Analog Devices and 4 mentions for IPG Photonics. IPG Photonics' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Analog Devices' score of 1.16 indicating that IPG Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Analog Devices
29 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IPG Photonics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Analog Devices currently has a consensus target price of $253.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. IPG Photonics has a consensus target price of $69.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than IPG Photonics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Analog Devices
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
IPG Photonics
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than IPG Photonics. IPG Photonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Analog Devices$9.43B12.73$1.64B$3.6765.89
IPG Photonics$952.92M3.18-$181.53M-$4.61-15.48

Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Analog Devices beats IPG Photonics on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IPGP vs. The Competition

MetricIPG PhotonicsLASERS IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.13B$981.40M$27.79B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.13%4.08%
P/E Ratio-15.48N/A36.8920.04
Price / Sales3.1853.452,062.11108.84
Price / Cash25.1925.1934.7728.59
Price / Book1.524.677.245.55
Net Income-$181.53M-$60.02M$763.56M$248.49M
7 Day Performance0.42%2.89%1.59%4.87%
1 Month Performance3.50%-2.05%5.16%6.63%
1 Year Performance-16.51%-2.55%52,288.96%20.38%

IPG Photonics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPGP
IPG Photonics
3.2235 of 5 stars
$71.35
-3.1%
$69.50
-2.6%
-15.4%$3.13B$952.92M-15.484,740Positive News
ADI
Analog Devices
4.653 of 5 stars
$238.02
+0.4%
$251.75
+5.8%
+4.7%$118.12B$9.43B64.8624,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3078 of 5 stars
$132.50
+0.1%
$126.89
-4.2%
+28.3%$4.99B$1.48B68.3010,000Positive News
DIOD
Diodes
1.9756 of 5 stars
$52.89
+0.1%
$55.00
+4.0%
-25.1%$2.45B$1.31B96.168,593
MCHP
Microchip Technology
3.7347 of 5 stars
$70.37
-0.2%
$70.15
-0.3%
-22.4%$37.96B$4.40B-7,037.0021,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.7279 of 5 stars
$99.36
-0.8%
$130.82
+31.7%
-23.8%$6.70B$3.59B29.6610,200News Coverage
Insider Trade
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9706 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-17.4%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.192 of 5 stars
$22.57
-0.7%
$37.00
+63.9%
-53.4%$1.02B$2.14B36.408,237Gap Down
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.3526 of 5 stars
$168.87
+1.2%
$162.50
-3.8%
+14.5%$50.08B$16.03B37.1187,000Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
1.7857 of 5 stars
$294.65
-0.3%
$247.50
-16.0%
+19.6%$10.56B$2.88B32.8114,213Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
3.5617 of 5 stars
$97.83
-0.2%
$84.50
-13.6%
+55.8%$5.23B$7.57B22.6537,000

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This page (NASDAQ:IPGP) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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