UCTT vs. OSIS, SIMO, ICHR, SITM, HIMX, FORM, AEIS, ACLS, VECO, and PLAB
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Ichor (ICHR), SiTime (SITM), Himax Technologies (HIMX), FormFactor (FORM), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Photronics (PLAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ultra Clean received 49 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.58% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
In the previous week, OSI Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for OSI Systems and 8 mentions for Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat OSI Systems' score of 0.95 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ultra Clean presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.90%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $165.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.25%. Given Ultra Clean's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than OSI Systems.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -2.09%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
OSI Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Ultra Clean on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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