Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX – Get Free Report) and SCHMID Group (NASDAQ:SHMD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Risk and Volatility
Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SCHMID Group has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of SCHMID Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of SCHMID Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Magnachip Semiconductor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| SCHMID Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Magnachip Semiconductor and SCHMID Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Magnachip Semiconductor | -17.26% | -5.84% | -4.10% |
| SCHMID Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Magnachip Semiconductor and SCHMID Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Magnachip Semiconductor | $178.86 million | 0.68 | -$29.72 million | ($0.84) | -3.95 |
| SCHMID Group | $75.72 million | 3.75 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
SCHMID Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magnachip Semiconductor.
Summary
SCHMID Group beats Magnachip Semiconductor on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Magnachip Semiconductor
Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communications, the Internet of Things, consumer, computing, industrial, and automotive applications. It provides display solutions, including source and gate drivers, and timing controllers that cover a range of flat panel displays used in mobile communications, automotive, entertainment devices, monitors, notebook PCs, tablet PC and TVs applied with liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and micro light emitting diode (Micro LED) panel. The company also offers metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors, insulated-gate bipolar transistors, AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters, LED drivers, regulators, and power management integrated circuits for a range of devices comprising televisions, smartphones, mobile phones, wearable devices, desktop PCs, notebooks, tablet PCs, and other consumer electronics, as well as for power suppliers, e-bikes, photovoltaic inverters, LED lighting, and motor drives; and OLED display driver integrated circuit products. It serves consumer, computing, communication, automotive and industrial electronics OEMs, original design manufacturers, and electronics manufacturing services companies, as well as subsystem designers in the Asia Pacific, the United States, and Europe. The company sells its products through a direct sales force, as well as through a network of agents and distributors. Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Cheongju-si, South Korea.
About SCHMID Group
SCHMID Group N.V. develops and manufactures equipment and process solutions for electronics, photovoltaics, glass, and energy systems in Germany and internationally. The company offers electronics equipment, ET board, vertical and horizontal wet process, vacuum metallization and tech, plating, chemical mechanical polishing, and automation system solutions; and systems and process solutions for manufacturing and processing photovoltaic products, such as wafers, cells, modules, and thin films, as well as turnkey production lines. It also provides maintenance, after sales, customer training, and on-site services, as well as offers spare parts. The company was founded in 1864 and is based in Freudenstadt, Germany.
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