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Should you be buying Axcelis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axcelis Technologies include Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), Q2 (QTWO), Diodes (DIOD), FormFactor (FORM), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Autohome (ATHM), Synaptics (SYNA), and Cogent Communications (CCOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) and Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Axcelis Technologies received 87 more outperform votes than Veeco Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.75% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
Axcelis Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $189.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.39%. Veeco Instruments has a consensus target price of $36.57, suggesting a potential upside of 4.01%. Given Axcelis Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Axcelis Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Veeco Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Axcelis Technologies and 1 mentions for Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.44 indicating that Veeco Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 21.78% compared to Veeco Instruments' net margin of -4.56%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 31.66% beat Veeco Instruments' return on equity.
Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Axcelis Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axcelis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Axcelis Technologies beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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