ONTO vs. ACLS, AMAT, CAMT, FORM, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, NVMI, UCTT, and VECO
Should you be buying Onto Innovation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Onto Innovation include Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Applied Materials (AMAT), Camtek (CAMT), FormFactor (FORM), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), Nova (NVMI), Ultra Clean (UCTT), and Veeco Instruments (VECO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Onto Innovation vs. Its Competitors
Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) and Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Onto Innovation has higher revenue and earnings than Axcelis Technologies. Axcelis Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Onto Innovation currently has a consensus price target of $141.67, suggesting a potential upside of 43.37%. Axcelis Technologies has a consensus price target of $136.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.68%. Given Axcelis Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Onto Innovation.
98.3% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Axcelis Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Onto Innovation has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Axcelis Technologies' net margin of 18.58%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 18.55% beat Onto Innovation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 15 more articles in the media than Axcelis Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Onto Innovation and 4 mentions for Axcelis Technologies. Onto Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Onto Innovation beats Axcelis Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ONTO) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
