Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS) vs Ambarella, Inc. (AMBA)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. and Ambarella, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.6B against $2.8B — 1.3× the size. Ambarella, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Axcelis Technologies, Inc. trades at 36.1×. Ambarella, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.0% against −3.35%. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.7% vs −13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.94% vs −11.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. leads on 15 and Ambarella, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 36.12 n/m 45.03
P/S 3.85 6.48 4.64
P/B 3.13 4.36 3.22
Price to free cash flow 50.92 n/m 48.18
EV/EBITDA 28.71 n/m 33.11
EV/Sales 3.45 5.82 5.52
Earnings yield 2.77% (2.10%) 1.41%
Free cash flow yield 1.96% (0.21%) 1.67%

Profitability

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 43.01% 58.52% 43.95%
Operating margin 10.32% (14.90%) 10.32%
Net margin 10.71% (13.48%) 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 7.57% 2.33% 6.77%
Return on equity 8.89% (9.41%) 4.78%
Return on assets 6.85% (7.58%) 3.62%
Return on invested capital 7.94% (11.19%) 6.10%

Growth

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.35%) 20.04% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.21%) 37.32% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.07% 11.87% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 19.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 4.90 2.85 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (2.51) 5.48 (0.49)

Dividend

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — — 0.42%
Payout ratio — — 0.19

Size

Metric ACLS AMBA Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.55b 2.80b 3.80b

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