POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET – Get Free Report) and ASM International (OTCMKTS:ASMIY – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for POET Technologies and ASM International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| POET Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| ASM International | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.75 |
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.95%. Given POET Technologies’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than ASM International.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| POET Technologies | -4,423.13% | -11.65% | -10.12% |
| ASM International | 31.94% | 22.22% | 16.33% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares POET Technologies and ASM International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| POET Technologies | $1.08 million | 1,063.48 | -$62.96 million | ($0.58) | -12.90 |
| ASM International | $3.59 billion | 13.68 | $818.79 million | $25.50 | 39.40 |
ASM International has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASM International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of ASM International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of ASM International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASM International has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ASM International beats POET Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About POET Technologies
POET Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells discrete and integrated opto-electronic solutions in Canada, the United States, Singapore, and China. It offers integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques. It also develops photonic integrated components. The company serves the data center, telecommunications, Internet of things and industrial sensing, automotive LIDAR, optical coherence tomography for medical devices, and virtual reality systems markets. The company was formerly known as Opel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to POET Technologies Inc. in June 2013. POET Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About ASM International
ASM International NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, marketing, and servicing of equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices in Europe, the United States, and Asia. The company’s products include wafer processing deposition systems for atomic layer deposition (ALD), epitaxy, silicon carbide, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and vertical furnace systems, including low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), diffusion, and oxidation products, as well as provides spare parts and support services. It also manufactures and sells equipment, which is used in wafer processing, encompassing the fabrication steps in which silicon wafers are layered with semiconductor devices. The company offers its products to semiconductor manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Advanced Semiconductor Materials International NV. ASM International NV was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands.
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