VECO vs. ACMR, ERII, MNTX, IVAC, MKSI, AMKR, FORM, AEIS, ACLS, and UCTT
Should you be buying Veeco Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeco Instruments include ACM Research (ACMR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), FormFactor (FORM), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), and Ultra Clean (UCTT).
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research 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.
Veeco Instruments presently has a consensus price target of $40.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.16%. ACM Research has a consensus price target of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 47.59%. Given ACM Research's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACM Research is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
Veeco Instruments received 250 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
ACM Research has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACM Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 9 more articles in the media than Veeco Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ACM Research and 5 mentions for Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ACM Research's score of 0.60 indicating that Veeco Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ACM Research has a net margin of 13.79% compared to Veeco Instruments' net margin of -2.51%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 11.97% beat ACM Research's return on equity.
Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ACM Research beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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