KLIC vs. OLED, QRVO, NXT, ALGM, LITE, TSEM, SITM, LPL, PI, and VIAV
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Universal Display (OLED), Qorvo (QRVO), Nextracker (NXT), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), SiTime (SITM), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries vs.
Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Universal Display received 115 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.01% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 65.59% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote.
78.2% of Universal Display shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Universal Display shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by 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, Universal Display had 2 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Universal Display and 11 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Universal Display's score of 0.97 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Display currently has a consensus price target of $190.43, suggesting a potential upside of 25.04%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.66%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Universal Display.
Universal Display has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Universal Display is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Universal Display pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays out 683.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Universal Display has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Display has a net margin of 34.29% compared to Kulicke and Soffa Industries' net margin of 0.48%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.51% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Universal Display beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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