FORM vs. UCTT, PLAB, DQ, SPWR, AMKR, SYNA, TSEM, WOLF, POWI, and KLIC
Should you be buying FormFactor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FormFactor include Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), Daqo New Energy (DQ), SunPower (SPWR), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Synaptics (SYNA), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Power Integrations (POWI), and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor currently has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.64%. Ultra Clean has a consensus target price of $52.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than FormFactor.
FormFactor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ultra Clean received 25 more outperform votes than FormFactor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.91% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 12.42% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -1.79%. FormFactor's return on equity of 2.43% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 16 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FormFactor and 4 mentions for Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat FormFactor's score of -0.13 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FormFactor beats Ultra Clean on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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