ICHR vs. HIMX, SGH, NPTN, AOSL, PLAB, POWI, CRDO, FORM, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Ichor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ichor include Himax Technologies (HIMX), SMART Global (SGH), NeoPhotonics (NPTN), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Photronics (PLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Ichor. Ichor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ichor had 1 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ichor and 4 mentions for Himax Technologies. Himax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Ichor's score of 0.62 indicating that Ichor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ichor shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ichor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ichor has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Himax Technologies received 118 more outperform votes than Ichor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave Ichor an outperform vote while only 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. Ichor has a consensus price target of $46.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.66%. Given Ichor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Himax Technologies is more favorable than Ichor.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Himax Technologies' net margin of -6.61%. Ichor's return on equity of 5.66% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats Ichor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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