PLAB vs. UCTT, CEVA, CAN, MX, AXTI, EBON, FORM, AMBA, VIAV, and MXL
Should you be buying Photronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Photronics include Ultra Clean (UCTT), CEVA (CEVA), Canaan (CAN), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), AXT (AXTI), Ebang International (EBON), FormFactor (FORM), Ambarella (AMBA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and MaxLinear (MXL).
Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Photronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Photronics has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ultra Clean had 14 more articles in the media than Photronics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ultra Clean and 3 mentions for Photronics. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ultra Clean's score of 0.31 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Photronics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -2.09%. Photronics' return on equity of 10.37% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
Ultra Clean received 131 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.59% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.
Photronics currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.68%. Ultra Clean has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.39%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Photronics.
88.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Photronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Photronics and Ultra Clean tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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