LRCX vs. ACLS, VECO, ACMR, ERII, MNTX, IVAC, ASYS, CVV, ASML, and T
Should you be buying Lam Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lam Research include Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), ACM Research (ACMR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Amtech Systems (ASYS), CVD Equipment (CVV), ASML (ASML), and AT&T (T).
Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) and Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
84.6% of Lam Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lam Research shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by company 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.
Lam Research presently has a consensus target price of $950.85, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Axcelis Technologies has a consensus target price of $169.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.52%. Given Axcelis Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Lam Research.
In the previous week, Axcelis Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Lam Research. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Axcelis Technologies and 15 mentions for Lam Research. Lam Research's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.32 indicating that Lam Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lam Research has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Axcelis Technologies' net margin of 22.16%. Lam Research's return on equity of 45.96% beat Axcelis Technologies' return on equity.
Lam Research has higher revenue and earnings than Axcelis Technologies. Axcelis Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lam Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lam Research has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lam Research received 837 more outperform votes than Axcelis Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.47% of users gave Lam Research an outperform vote while only 71.65% of users gave Axcelis Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Lam Research beats Axcelis Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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