Screen (OTCMKTS:DINRF) vs. Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) Head to Head Review

Screen (OTCMKTS:DINRF) and Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.2% of Amtech Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of Amtech Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Screen and Amtech Systems”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Screen	$4.11 billion	1.60	$656.49 million	$5.92	10.93
Amtech Systems	$73.95 million	3.16	-$30.33 million	($2.14)	-7.57

Screen has higher revenue and earnings than Amtech Systems. Amtech Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Screen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Screen has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amtech Systems has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Screen and Amtech Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Screen	1	0	0	0	1.00
Amtech Systems	1	2	0	0	1.67

Profitability

This table compares Screen and Amtech Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Screen	14.32%	19.03%	12.23%
Amtech Systems	-41.28%	-1.53%	-0.90%

Summary

Screen beats Amtech Systems on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Screen

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells, and maintains semiconductor production equipment in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Semiconductor Production Equipment Business, Graphic Arts Equipment Business, Display Production Equipment and Coater Business, and PCB-Related Equipment Business. The company offers coat/develop trackers, wafer cleaning systems, annealing systems, measurement systems, inspection systems, and advanced packaging lithography equipment. It also provides coater systems, vacuum film deposition equipment, wet processors, dryers, heaters, exposures, and laminators/de-laminators. In addition, the company offers direct imaging systems, automatic optical inspection systems, automatic optical photomask inspection systems, and defect verification and repair systems; automatic final visual inspection systems; and setup stations and defect tabulation software. Further, it provides high-speed inkjet, label, wide format, CTP, network support, Hiragino font, and other workflow solutions; offset printing, digital book, manual, direct mail, transpromo, label production, package printing, display, and signage solutions; and artificial intelligence, text mining, augmented reality, image analysis, and congestion analysis solutions. Additionally, the company offers biosciences equipment; compact inkjet printing systems for tablets, UV inkjet printing systems for aluminum rolls, and inkjet printing systems for tablets; in-vehicle components for inspection and measurement; and lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. It also undertakes contract manufacturing and support, and intellectual property services related operations. The company was formerly known as Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2014. SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About Amtech Systems

Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures and sells capital equipment and related consumables for use in fabricating silicon carbide (SiC), silicon power devices, analog and discrete devices, electronic assemblies, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) worldwide. The company operates through Semiconductor and Material and Substrate segments. The Semiconductor segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal processing equipment, including solder reflow ovens, horizontal diffusion furnaces, and custom high-temp belt furnaces for use by semiconductor, electronics, and electro/mechanical assembly manufacturers; and diffusion and reflow thermal systems, as well as wafer cleaning equipment and related services. The Material and Substrate segment manufactures and sells consumables and machinery for lapping and polishing of materials, such as silicon wafers for semiconductor products; sapphire substrates for LED lighting and mobile devices; silicon carbide wafers for LED and power device applications; various glass and silica components for 3D image transmission; quartz and ceramic components for telecommunications devices; and medical device components, and optical and photonics applications. It also offers substrate products comprising of double-sided wafer cleaning system, entegrity head tester, substrate carrier, substrate polishing templates, double-sided lapping and polishing machines, single-sided polisher, and substrate process chemicals. The company sells its products through sales personnel, as well as a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Amtech Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.