SGH vs. IMOS, HIMX, NVTS, INDI, ICHR, AOSL, LASR, SKYT, CEVA, and AAOI
Should you be buying SMART Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SMART Global include ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Ichor (ICHR), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), nLIGHT (LASR), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), CEVA (CEVA), and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) and ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
7.4% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of SMART Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SMART Global presently has a consensus target price of $30.70, indicating a potential upside of 61.92%. Given SMART Global's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SMART Global is more favorable than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES.
SMART Global received 137 more outperform votes than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote.
SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SMART Global. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES had 6 more articles in the media than SMART Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES and 7 mentions for SMART Global. SMART Global's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's score of 0.69 indicating that SMART Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES has a net margin of 9.62% compared to SMART Global's net margin of -15.79%. SMART Global's return on equity of 11.82% beat ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's return on equity.
Summary
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES beats SMART Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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