Semiconductor Manufacturing International (OTCMKTS:SMICY) vs. Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) Head to Head Analysis

Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (OTCMKTS:SMICY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semiconductor Manufacturing International has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Semiconductor Manufacturing International shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Everspin Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everspin Technologies	12.77%	15.70%	12.75%
Semiconductor Manufacturing International	14.53%	4.00%	2.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Everspin Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everspin Technologies	0	0	2	0	3.00
Semiconductor Manufacturing International	0	0	0	0	N/A

Everspin Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.46%. Given Everspin Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Everspin Technologies is more favorable than Semiconductor Manufacturing International.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Everspin Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everspin Technologies	$63.76 million	2.10	$9.05 million	$0.37	16.84
Semiconductor Manufacturing International	$3.12 billion	5.18	$234.68 million	$0.21	66.67

Semiconductor Manufacturing International has higher revenue and earnings than Everspin Technologies. Everspin Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semiconductor Manufacturing International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Everspin Technologies beats Semiconductor Manufacturing International on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Everspin Technologies

Everspin Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) products in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, China, Canada, and internationally. It offers Toggle MRAM, spin-transfer torque MRAM, and tunnel magneto resistance sensor products, as well as foundry services for MRAM products. The company provides its products for applications, including industrial, medical, automotive/transportation, aerospace, and data center markets. It serves original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales channel, and a network of representatives and distributors. Everspin Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.

About Semiconductor Manufacturing International

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, an investment holding company, engages in the computer-aided design, manufacture, testing, packaging, and trading of integrated circuits (IC) and other semiconductor services. It is also involved in wafer manufacturing, wafer probing and bumping, technology development, design service, mask manufacturing, and assembly and final testing of integrated circuits; and sale of self-manufactured products. In addition, the company designs and manufactures semiconductor masks; and offers marketing related services. It operates in North America, China, Hong Kong, and Eurasia. The company serves integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor companies, and system companies. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.