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Wolfspeed (WOLF) Competitors

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$6.44 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WOLF vs. KLIC, VIAV, NN, SIMO, NSSC, AAOI, DQ, BELFA, JKS, and ICHR

Should you be buying Wolfspeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolfspeed include Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Bel Fuse (BELFA), JinkoSolar (JKS), and Ichor (ICHR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Wolfspeed vs.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of -9.77% compared to Wolfspeed's net margin of -93.31%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of -0.92% beat Wolfspeed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kulicke and Soffa Industries-9.77% -0.92% -0.71%
Wolfspeed -93.31%-49.86%-5.96%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $52.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. Wolfspeed has a consensus target price of $17.21, suggesting a potential upside of 167.30%. Given Wolfspeed's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Wolfspeed
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, Wolfspeed had 9 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Wolfspeed and 31 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Wolfspeed's score of 0.03 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wolfspeed
6 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries received 417 more outperform votes than Wolfspeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 31.36% of users gave Wolfspeed an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kulicke and Soffa IndustriesOutperform Votes
454
68.48%
Underperform Votes
209
31.52%
WolfspeedOutperform Votes
37
31.36%
Underperform Votes
81
68.64%

98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Wolfspeed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wolfspeed. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wolfspeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kulicke and Soffa Industries$706.23M3.56-$69.01M-$1.23-37.97
Wolfspeed$804.50M1.02-$864.20M-$5.95-1.08

Summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats Wolfspeed on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WOLF vs. The Competition

MetricWolfspeedSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$822.47M$60.48B$23.93B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%2.79%3.54%
P/E Ratio-1.0836.65255.3742.67
Price / Sales1.0236.403,289.7618.14
Price / CashN/A23.8032.8117.85
Price / Book0.926.907.385.60
Net Income-$864.20M$981.45M$665.43M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-20.10%-1.95%-0.42%-0.19%
1 Month Performance-59.78%-3.58%0.51%0.15%
1 Year Performance-82.51%7.51%17.41%23.70%

Wolfspeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOLF
Wolfspeed
3.0511 of 5 stars
$6.44
flat
$17.21
+167.3%
-82.5%$822.47M$807.20M-1.085,013Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
1.5236 of 5 stars
$46.70
+2.5%
$52.40
+12.2%
-8.5%$2.46B$706.23M0.002,746Analyst Downgrade
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
3.4187 of 5 stars
$9.82
+0.7%
$10.44
+6.3%
+21.7%$2.16B$1.00B-57.763,600Analyst Forecast
NN
NextNav
3.2019 of 5 stars
$15.35
-5.3%
$20.00
+30.3%
+220.5%$2.09B$3.86M0.0060Analyst Revision
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
4.7893 of 5 stars
$53.07
-0.9%
$81.67
+53.9%
-10.4%$1.80B$639.14M20.101,546
NSSC
Napco Security Technologies
4.4907 of 5 stars
$36.94
+2.0%
$47.14
+27.6%
+27.5%$1.33B$188.82M27.161,070Positive News
AAOI
Applied Optoelectronics
1.3016 of 5 stars
$34.07
+19.3%
$18.70
-45.1%
+135.6%$1.29B$209.55M-16.542,149Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DQ
Daqo New Energy
3.7293 of 5 stars
$20.12
+9.8%
$22.26
+10.6%
-25.9%$1.21B$2.31B0.005,765Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BELFA
Bel Fuse
0.3018 of 5 stars
$94.20
+2.6%
N/A+76.1%$1.18B$639.81M22.816,300Short Interest ↑
JKS
JinkoSolar
0.838 of 5 stars
$22.41
+7.6%
$24.60
+9.8%
-35.9%$1.11B$16.72B37.9857,397Gap Up
ICHR
Ichor
3.1592 of 5 stars
$31.10
+2.2%
$42.57
+36.9%
+20.5%$1.03B$811.12M0.002,245Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:WOLF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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