SIMO vs. KLIC, OSIS, SITM, UCTT, HIMX, QRVO, AMKR, MTSI, CRUS, and RMBS
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), OSI Systems (OSIS), SiTime (SITM), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Qorvo (QRVO), Amkor Technology (AMKR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Rambus (RMBS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 8.34% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of -8.94%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of 7.78% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology received 387 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.46% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 6 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 1.09 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Silicon Motion Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays out -67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silicon Motion Technology pays out 113.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.12%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $91.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.01%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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