KLIC vs. SMTC, SIMO, SITM, OSIS, WOLF, DIOD, UCTT, AMBA, PLAB, and SYNA
Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Semtech (SMTC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), SiTime (SITM), OSI Systems (OSIS), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Diodes (DIOD), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Ambarella (AMBA), Photronics (PLAB), and Synaptics (SYNA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semtech has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of -8.94% compared to Semtech's net margin of -125.70%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of 2.22% beat Semtech's return on equity.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Semtech. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kulicke and Soffa Industries and Kulicke and Soffa Industries both had 7 articles in the media. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 0.86 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Semtech received 243 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Semtech has a consensus target price of $40.35, suggesting a potential upside of 1.00%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Semtech.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Semtech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Semtech beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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