Onto Innovation (ONTO) Competitors

Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) and Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, ONTO or ENTG?

Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entegris has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONTO or ENTG?

Entegris received 109 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.82% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote while only 64.40% of users gave Entegris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onto Innovation	Outperform Votes 392 67.82%	Underperform Votes 186 32.18%
Entegris	Outperform Votes 501 64.40%	Underperform Votes 277 35.60%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ONTO or ENTG?

Entegris has higher revenue and earnings than Onto Innovation. Onto Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entegris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Onto Innovation	$815.87M	12.93	$121.16M	$3.69	57.90
Entegris	$3.52B	4.50	$180.67M	$1.51	69.48

Do analysts rate ONTO or ENTG?

Onto Innovation presently has a consensus target price of $253.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.77%. Entegris has a consensus target price of $134.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.21%. Given Entegris' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Entegris is more favorable than Onto Innovation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onto Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Entegris	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the media refer more to ONTO or ENTG?

In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 17 more articles in the media than Entegris. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Onto Innovation and 12 mentions for Entegris. Onto Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Entegris' score of 0.42 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onto Innovation	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Entegris	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ONTO or ENTG more profitable?

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 19.44% compared to Entegris' net margin of 7.13%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 13.38% beat Entegris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onto Innovation	19.44%	13.38%	12.22%
Entegris	7.13%	12.24%	5.02%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ONTO or ENTG?

98.4% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Entegris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Onto Innovation beats Entegris on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.