HIMX vs. INDI, SGH, IMOS, ICHR, AOSL, NVTS, LASR, MXL, CEVA, and AAOI
Should you be buying Himax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Himax Technologies include indie Semiconductor (INDI), SMART Global (SGH), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Ichor (ICHR), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), MaxLinear (MXL), CEVA (CEVA), and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Himax Technologies has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, indie Semiconductor has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, indie Semiconductor had 9 more articles in the media than Himax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for indie Semiconductor and 0 mentions for Himax Technologies. indie Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Himax Technologies' score of 0.36 indicating that indie Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Himax Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.94%. indie Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $12.64, indicating a potential upside of 99.73%. Given indie Semiconductor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. indie Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Himax Technologies received 545 more outperform votes than indie Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Himax Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave indie Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Himax Technologies has a net margin of 5.30% compared to indie Semiconductor's net margin of -32.12%. Himax Technologies' return on equity of 5.66% beat indie Semiconductor's return on equity.
69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of indie Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Himax Technologies beats indie Semiconductor on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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