Chipmos Technologies (NASDAQ:IMOS – Get Free Report) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Chipmos Technologies and ACM Research, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Chipmos Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
ACM Research | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
ACM Research has a consensus price target of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given ACM Research’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACM Research is more favorable than Chipmos Technologies.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Chipmos Technologies | 5.10% | 4.69% | 2.56% |
ACM Research | 13.28% | 9.63% | 5.74% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
7.4% of Chipmos Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Chipmos Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of ACM Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Chipmos Technologies and ACM Research”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Chipmos Technologies | $692.20 million | 0.95 | $43.90 million | $0.98 | 18.68 |
ACM Research | $782.12 million | 2.15 | $103.63 million | $1.56 | 18.31 |
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than Chipmos Technologies. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipmos Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Chipmos Technologies has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ACM Research beats Chipmos Technologies on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Chipmos Technologies
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of high-integration and high-precision integrated circuits, and related assembly and testing services in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and internationally. It operates through Testing; Assembly; Testing and Assembly for LCD, OLED and Other Display Panel Driver Semiconductors; Bumping; and Others segments. The company provides a range of back-end assembly and testing services, including engineering test, wafer probing, and final test of memory and logic/mixed-signal semiconductors, as well as leadframe-based and organic substrate-based package assembly services for memory and logic/mixed-signal semiconductors; and gold bumping, and testing and assembly services for LCD, OLED, and other panel display driver semiconductors. Its semiconductors are used in personal computers; office automation and consumer electronics; and communications equipment applications. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
About ACM Research
ACM Research, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells single-wafer wet cleaning equipment for enhancing the manufacturing process and yield for integrated chips worldwide. It offers space alternated phase shift technology for flat and patterned wafer surfaces, which employs alternating phases of megasonic waves to deliver megasonic energy in a uniform manner on a microscopic level; timely energized bubble oscillation technology for patterned wafer surfaces at advanced process nodes, which provides cleaning for 2D and 3D patterned wafers; Tahoe technology for delivering cleaning performance using less sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide; and electro-chemical plating technology for advanced metal plating. The company markets and sells its products under the SAPS, TEBO, ULTRA C, ULTRA Fn, Ultra ECP, Ultra ECP map, and Ultra ECP ap trademarks through direct sales force and third-party representatives. ACM Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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