Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS – Get Free Report) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
50.2% of Amtech Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of Amtech Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Impinj shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Amtech Systems and Impinj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amtech Systems | 4.90% | 6.33% | 4.00% |
| Impinj | -2.45% | 6.65% | 2.95% |
Volatility and Risk
Amtech Systems has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Amtech Systems and Impinj, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amtech Systems | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Impinj | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.55 |
Amtech Systems presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.55%. Impinj has a consensus price target of $194.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.20%. Given Amtech Systems’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Amtech Systems is more favorable than Impinj.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Amtech Systems and Impinj”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amtech Systems | $81.67 million | 2.73 | -$30.33 million | $0.26 | 49.04 |
| Impinj | $361.08 million | 15.35 | -$10.85 million | ($0.33) | -544.42 |
Impinj has higher revenue and earnings than Amtech Systems. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amtech Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Amtech Systems beats Impinj on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Impinj
Impinj, Inc. operates a cloud connectivity platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its platform wirelessly connects items and delivers data about the connected items to business and consumer applications. The company’s platform comprises endpoint ICs, a miniature radios-on-a-chip that attaches to a host item and includes a number to identify the item. Its platform also consists of systems products that consists of reader ICs, readers, and gateways to wirelessly provide power to and communicate bidirectionally with endpoint ICs on host items, as well as to read, write, authenticate, and engage the endpoint ICs on those items; and software and algorithms that enable its partners to solve enterprise business problems, such as retail self-checkout and loss prevention. The company primarily serves retail, supply chain and logistics, automotive, aviation, banking, datacenters, food, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, linen and uniform tracking, sports, and travel industries through original equipment and device manufacturers, tag service bureaus, systems integrators, value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and other solution partners. Impinj, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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