AEIS vs. PI, LPL, VICR, EVH, TSEM, SANM, IRDM, NCNO, CAMT, and ACIW
Should you be buying Advanced Energy Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Energy Industries include Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Vicor (VICR), Evolent Health (EVH), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Sanmina (SANM), Iridium Communications (IRDM), nCino (NCNO), Camtek (CAMT), and ACI Worldwide (ACIW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 7.75% compared to Impinj's net margin of -1.90%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 14.32% beat Impinj's return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries currently has a consensus price target of $115.14, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Impinj has a consensus price target of $132.89, indicating a potential downside of 16.24%. Given Advanced Energy Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Impinj.
Advanced Energy Industries received 28 more outperform votes than Impinj when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave Advanced Energy Industries an outperform vote.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Impinj shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Impinj had 31 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Impinj and 8 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Impinj's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 0.39 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Impinj on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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