Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:$ACLS) is a company operating in the semiconductor equipment and testing industry. However, Axcelis is just 1 of 21 different companies sharing that space. So how does Axcelis stack up against its rivals? Let’s take a look at the numbers.

What are Analysts Saying?

Axcelis currently hold 3 ‘Buy’ ratings and 1 ‘Hold’ rating, giving them an aggregate of 2.75. Axcelis’ rivals have a collective 1264 ‘Buy’ ratings, 489 ‘Hold’ ratings, 57 ‘Sell’ ratings, and 20 ‘Strong-Buy’ ratings, giving them an aggregate rating score of 2.68.

Meanwhile, Axcelis has a price consensus of $25.60, which forecasts a potential downside of 8.41%, whereas its rivals have an average 9.12% upside. This clearly demonstrates that analysts are of the firm belief that Axcelis will perform less favorably in regards to growth.

Profitability

Axcelis has a Return on Equity of 12.52%, a Return on Assets of 8.41%, and overall net Margins of 9.10%. Meanwhile, its competition has an average ROE of 12.25%, an average ROA of 7.10% and average Net Margins of 6.59%. This makes Axcelis the clearly more profitable company.

Valuation & Earnings

Axcelis currently has Gross Revenue $324.69 million with an EBITDA of $37.37 million. They also have a Price/Earnings Ratio 30.71. Meanwhile, the competition sports a Gross Revenue of $1.64 billion, an EBITDA $379.05 million, and a P/E of 10.51.

Axcelis’ lower revenue and higher P/E ratio imply that its rival’s stocks are currently more affordable.

Risk & Volatility

Axcelis is presently 15% more volatile than the S&P 500 with a beta of 1.15. Meanwhile, Axcelis’ competitors have an average beta of 1.22, which indicates they are 22% more volatile than the standard. This indicates that Axcelis is, on average, slightly less risky than its competition.

Institutions and Insiders

Ownership by institutions and insiders can indicate that these respective groups have faith that the company’s direction. This is especially true for institutions that make their living on the performance of their stocks. Although insiders don’t risk their jobs on stock ownership like institutions do, they still have a vested interest in good performances from their stock.

Currently, Axcelis’ stock is 75.3% owned by institutions, whereas 79.8% of its rivals are owned by institutions. By comparison, 5.7% of Axcelis shares are owned by insiders, whereas 13.9% of its competition is owned by insiders. This shows that both institutions and insiders have stronger faith in Axcelis’ rivals.

The Bottom Line

Axcelis Technologies loses to its rivals in 7 of the 13 factors we looked at, indicating it may not measure up to the competition.

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