MKSI vs. CGNX, ST, IPGP, MLAB, HURC, IEX, KEYS, FTV, DBX, and AMKR
Should you be buying MKS Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MKS Instruments include Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Hurco Companies (HURC), IDEX (IEX), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Fortive (FTV), Dropbox (DBX), and Amkor Technology (AMKR).
MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) and Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MKS Instruments received 21 more outperform votes than Cognex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave MKS Instruments an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Cognex an outperform vote.
MKS Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $128.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.13%. Cognex has a consensus target price of $47.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Given Cognex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cognex is more favorable than MKS Instruments.
MKS Instruments pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cognex pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. MKS Instruments pays out -3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cognex pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MKS Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cognex has a net margin of 13.52% compared to MKS Instruments' net margin of -50.80%. MKS Instruments' return on equity of 9.95% beat Cognex's return on equity.
MKS Instruments has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognex has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cognex had 10 more articles in the media than MKS Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cognex and 5 mentions for MKS Instruments. MKS Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Cognex's score of 0.42 indicating that MKS Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.8% of MKS Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cognex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of MKS Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Cognex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MKS Instruments. MKS Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cognex beats MKS Instruments on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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