VECO vs. AEIS, FORM, ACLS, UCTT, PLAB, COHU, PDFS, XPER, AXTI, and RBCN
Should you be buying Veeco Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeco Instruments include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), AXT (AXTI), and Rubicon Technology (RBCN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Veeco Instruments vs.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries received 18 more outperform votes than Veeco Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 5 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.31 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $126.89, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Veeco Instruments has a consensus target price of $39.71, indicating a potential upside of 44.89%. Given Veeco Instruments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veeco Instruments is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
Veeco Instruments has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 2.91%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 10.92% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments 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.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VECO) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
