UCTT vs. AMKR, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, PLAB, VECO, COHU, PDFS, XPER, and AXTI
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Photronics (PLAB), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), and AXT (AXTI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Ultra Clean vs.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Ultra Clean presently has a consensus price target of $57.75, suggesting a potential upside of 54.62%. Amkor Technology has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.64%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Amkor Technology.
In the previous week, Amkor Technology had 8 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Amkor Technology and 1 mentions for Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Amkor Technology's score of 0.24 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Ultra Clean. Amkor Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultra Clean, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amkor Technology has a net margin of 5.60% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of 0.18%. Amkor Technology's return on equity of 8.59% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultra Clean received 156 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.86% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ultra Clean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Amkor Technology shares are held 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.
Summary
Ultra Clean and Amkor Technology tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UCTT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
