HIMX vs. SGH, ICHR, LASR, PLAB, CEVA, POWI, CRDO, FORM, TSEM, and SLAB
Should you be buying Himax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himax Technologies include SMART Global (SGH), Ichor (ICHR), nLIGHT (LASR), Photronics (PLAB), CEVA (CEVA), Power Integrations (POWI), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Himax Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. SMART Global has a consensus price target of $30.70, suggesting a potential upside of 49.17%. Given SMART Global's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SMART Global is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
In the previous week, SMART Global had 4 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SMART Global and 4 mentions for Himax Technologies. SMART Global's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Himax Technologies' score of 0.83 indicating that SMART Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to SMART Global's net margin of -15.79%. SMART Global's return on equity of 11.82% beat Himax Technologies' return on equity.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SMART Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Himax Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SMART Global. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies received 173 more outperform votes than SMART Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats SMART Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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