ACM Research, Inc. (ACMR) vs Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

ACM Research, Inc. and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.7B — 1.1× the size. ACM Research, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.8× against 27.4×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 27.3%. ACM Research, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.5% vs 12.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.70% vs 19.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, ACM Research, Inc. leads on 11 and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 17.79 27.40 33.70
P/S 2.62 3.34 4.22
P/B 1.13 3.48 2.94
Price to free cash flow n/m 76.88 31.49
EV/EBITDA 10.01 14.71 22.64
EV/Sales 1.54 2.81 4.97
Earnings yield 5.62% 3.65% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield (4.38%) 1.30% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 43.84% 48.18% 46.86%
Operating margin 13.29% 13.21% 12.02%
Net margin 14.48% 12.18% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin (11.48%) 4.34% 6.73%
Return on equity 8.35% 13.23% 5.31%
Return on assets 5.52% 9.47% 4.10%
Return on invested capital 6.70% 19.84% 6.36%

Growth

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.31% 44.44% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.46%) 100.32% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 41.91% 0.97% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 38.03% (66.74%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 3.66 3.44 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA (7.00) (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — 1.35% 0.59%
Payout ratio — 0.38 0.16

Size

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 2.74b 3.13b 3.04b

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