Head to Head Review: Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ:CODA) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) and Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ:CODA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Coda Octopus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Amkor Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Coda Octopus Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amkor Technology and Coda Octopus Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amkor Technology	$6.71 billion	2.49	$373.89 million	$1.51	44.62
Coda Octopus Group	$26.56 million	5.64	$4.13 million	$0.36	36.86

Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Coda Octopus Group. Coda Octopus Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amkor Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Amkor Technology and Coda Octopus Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amkor Technology	0	7	4	0	2.36
Coda Octopus Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

Amkor Technology currently has a consensus target price of $51.13, indicating a potential downside of 24.11%. Given Amkor Technology’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amkor Technology is more favorable than Coda Octopus Group.

Profitability

This table compares Amkor Technology and Coda Octopus Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amkor Technology	5.57%	8.66%	4.83%
Coda Octopus Group	14.78%	7.17%	6.57%

Risk and Volatility

Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coda Octopus Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amkor Technology beats Coda Octopus Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amkor Technology

Amkor Technology, Inc. provides outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services in the United States, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers turnkey packaging and test services, including semiconductor wafer bump, wafer probe, wafer back-grind, package design, packaging, system-level and final test, and drop shipment services; flip chip scale package products for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile consumer electronic devices; flip chip stacked chip scale packages that are used to stack memory digital baseband, and as applications processors in mobile devices; flip-chip ball grid array packages for various networking, storage, computing, automotive, and consumer applications; and memory products for system memory or platform data storage. The company also provides wafer-level CSP packages for power management, transceivers, sensors, wireless charging, codecs, radar, and specialty silicon; wafer-level fan-out packages used in power management, transceivers, radar, and specialty silicon; silicon wafer integrated fan-out technology that replaces a laminate substrate with a thinner structure; leadframe packages for electronic devices and mixed-signal applications; and substrate-based wirebond packages used to connect a die to a substrate. In addition, it offers micro-electro-mechanical systems packages that are miniaturized mechanical and electromechanical devices; and advanced system-in-package modules used in radio frequency and front end modules, basebands, connectivity, fingerprint sensors, display and touch screen drivers, sensors and MEMS, and NAND memory and solid-state drives. Further, the company provides wafer, package, and system level test services, as well as burn-in test and test development services. It serves integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor companies, original equipment manufacturers, and contract foundries. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

About Coda Octopus Group

Coda Octopus Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, sells, and rentals underwater technologies and equipment for real time 3D imaging, mapping, defense, and survey applications in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments, Marine Engineering Business and Marine Technology Business. The company's solutions include geophysical systems; GNSS-aided navigation systems (attitude and positioning systems); real time volumetric imaging sonar products; and diver augmented vision display systems. It also offers GeoSurvey, a software and hardware package for acquisition and processing of sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler data in oil and gas companies; DA4G, a geophysical hardware; and Survey Engine, a software product that provides post-processing solutions for sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler data. In addition, the company offers 3D/4D/5D/6D imaging sonar technology under the Echoscope and Echoscope PIPE name; diving technology under the CodaOctopus DAVD; and operates as a sub-contractor for defense contractors, as well as supplies sub-assemblies for broader mission critical defense systems. It markets and sells its technology solutions for the subsea and underwater markets. Coda Octopus Group, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.