PLAB vs. AEIS, FORM, ACLS, UCTT, VECO, COHU, PDFS, XPER, AXTI, and RBCN
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), AXT (AXTI), and Rubicon Technology (RBCN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Photronics vs.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Photronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Photronics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 6 mentions for Photronics. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 0.95 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advanced Energy Industries received 128 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries currently has a consensus price target of $126.89, suggesting a potential upside of 4.73%. Photronics has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.45%. Given Photronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Photronics is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
Photronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Photronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.07% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 2.91%. Photronics' return on equity of 9.10% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Photronics beats Advanced Energy Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLAB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
