VREX vs. KLIC, SIMO, HIMX, NN, DQ, PL, JKS, COMM, LUNR, and AAOI
Should you be buying Varex Imaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varex Imaging include Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Himax Technologies (HIMX), NextNav (NN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Planet Labs PBC (PL), JinkoSolar (JKS), CommScope (COMM), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Varex Imaging vs.
Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of 0.48% compared to Varex Imaging's net margin of -5.79%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 4.00% beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity.
Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Varex Imaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries received 218 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote.
Varex Imaging has higher revenue and earnings than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Varex Imaging presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 82.78%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.66%. Given Varex Imaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.
In the previous week, Varex Imaging had 2 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Varex Imaging and 9 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 1.17 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Varex Imaging and Kulicke and Soffa Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VREX) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
