Ambarella, Inc. (AMBA) vs Photronics, Inc. (PLAB)

Ambarella, Inc. and Photronics, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Ambarella, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.4B against $1.5B — 1.6× the size. Ambarella, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Photronics, Inc. trades at 9.0×. Ambarella, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.0% against 1.25%. Photronics, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.0% vs −13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.3% vs −11.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, Photronics, Inc. leads on 14 and Ambarella, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E n/m 9.04 33.70
P/S 5.85 1.73 4.22
P/B 3.94 0.86 2.94
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.63 31.49
EV/EBITDA n/m 3.03 22.64
EV/Sales 5.20 0.96 4.97
Earnings yield (2.32%) 11.06% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield (0.23%) 7.33% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 58.52% 33.65% 46.86%
Operating margin (14.90%) 22.46% 12.02%
Net margin (13.48%) 19.04% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin 2.33% 12.74% 6.73%
Return on equity (9.41%) 10.06% 5.31%
Return on assets (7.58%) 8.82% 4.10%
Return on invested capital (11.19%) 11.32% 6.36%

Growth

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.04% 1.25% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 37.32% 9.09% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.87% 6.85% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 32.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 2.85 4.94 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA 5.48 (2.06) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — — 0.59%
Payout ratio — — 0.16

Size

Metric AMBA PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 2.44b 1.50b 3.04b

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