ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AUKUF – Get Free Report) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares ams-OSRAM and Diodes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
ams-OSRAM | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Diodes | 13.67% | 12.79% | 9.54% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares ams-OSRAM and Diodes’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
ams-OSRAM | N/A | N/A | N/A | $1.30 | 0.81 |
Diodes | $1.66 billion | 1.93 | $227.18 million | $4.91 | 14.19 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
38.1% of ams-OSRAM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Diodes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for ams-OSRAM and Diodes, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
ams-OSRAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Diodes | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 |
Diodes has a consensus price target of $72.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Diodes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diodes is more favorable than ams-OSRAM.
Summary
Diodes beats ams-OSRAM on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ams-OSRAM
ams-OSRAM AG designs, manufactures, and sells LED and optical sensor solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. The company operates in Semiconductors and Lamps & Systems segments. The Semiconductors segment offers semiconductor-based products and solutions, such as high-performance LEDs, lasers, and optical sensors for automotive, consumer, and industrial end markets. The Lamps & Systems segment provides lamps and lighting systems for the automotive, industrial, and medical end markets. The company was formerly known as ams AG and changed its name to ams-OSRAM AG in January 2022. ams-OSRAM AG was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Premstätten, Austria.
About Diodes
Diodes Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies application-specific standard products in the broad discrete, logic, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor markets worldwide. The company offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, SiC MOSFETs; data line protection, power line protection, thyristers, USB Type-C protection, and transient voltage suppressors; Schottky, small signal switching, Zener, and SiC diodes; bridges, super barrier, Schottky, Schottky bridge, and fast/ultra-fast rectifiers; and bipolar, avalanche, gate driver, and pre-bias transistors. It also provides analog products, including power management devices comprising AC-DC and DC-DC converters, USB power switches, low dropout, photocoupler and linear voltage regulators; standard linear devices consisting of operational amplifiers and comparators, current monitors, voltage references, and reset generators; LED lighting drivers; audio amplifiers; and sensor products, such as hall-effect sensors and motor drivers. In addition, the company offers mixed-signal products, such as high speed mux/demux, digital switches, interface, redrivers, universal level shifters/voltage translators, clock ICs and packet switches; standard logic products comprising low-voltage complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and advanced high-speed CMOS devices; ultra-low power CMOS logic; and analog switches; multichip products and co-packaged discrete, analog and mixed-signal silicon in miniature packages; and silicon and silicon epitaxial wafers used in manufacturing frequency control products and contact images sensors. It serves the industrial, automotive, computing, communications, and consumer markets through direct sales, marketing personnel, independent sales representatives, and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
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