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. ACM Research, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.4B against $4.6B — 1.2× the size. ACM Research, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 34.4× against 41.3×. 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, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 12 and ACM Research, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 34.36 41.26 54.39
P/S 5.06 5.02 6.08
P/B 2.18 5.23 4.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 115.76 60.92
EV/EBITDA 25.86 23.70 39.95
EV/Sales 3.98 4.52 6.36
Earnings yield 2.91% 2.42% 1.14%
Free cash flow yield (2.27%) 0.86% 1.28%

Profitability

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 43.84% 48.18% 43.95%
Operating margin 13.29% 13.21% 10.32%
Net margin 14.48% 12.18% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin (11.48%) 4.34% 6.77%
Return on equity 8.35% 13.23% 4.78%
Return on assets 5.52% 9.47% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 6.70% 19.84% 6.10%

Growth

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.31% 44.44% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.46%) 100.32% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 41.91% 0.97% 8.85%
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 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (7.00) (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — 1.62% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.00

Size

Metric ACMR KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 5.38b 4.63b 4.63b

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