UCTT vs. OSIS, SIMO, ICHR, SITM, HIMX, FORM, AEIS, ACLS, VECO, and PLAB
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Ichor (ICHR), SiTime (SITM), Himax Technologies (HIMX), FormFactor (FORM), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Photronics (PLAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
OSI Systems has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSI Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, OSI Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for OSI Systems and 6 mentions for Ultra Clean. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Ultra Clean's score of 1.02 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OSI Systems currently has a consensus price target of $165.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Ultra Clean has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.38%. Given OSI Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than OSI Systems.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to OSI Systems' net margin of -2.09%. Ultra Clean's return on equity of 18.10% beat OSI Systems' return on equity.
Ultra Clean received 49 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.58% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Ultra Clean on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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