Atomera Incorporated (ATOM) vs Photronics, Inc. (PLAB)

Atomera Incorporated and Photronics, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Photronics, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $168.2M — 10.6× the size. Atomera Incorporated has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Photronics, Inc. trades at 10.7×. Atomera Incorporated grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.1% against 1.25%. Photronics, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.0% vs −9,742.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.3% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Photronics, Inc. leads on 16 and Atomera Incorporated on 3.

Valuation

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E n/m 10.67 54.39
P/S 730.93 2.04 6.08
P/B 4.53 1.01 4.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 16.08 60.92
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.02 39.95
EV/Sales 564.68 1.27 6.36
Earnings yield (14.94%) 9.38% 1.14%
Free cash flow yield (9.01%) 6.22% 1.28%

Profitability

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin (78.70%) 33.65% 43.95%
Operating margin (10,212.17%) 22.46% 10.32%
Net margin (9,742.17%) 19.04% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin (6,586.52%) 12.74% 6.77%
Return on equity (76.78%) 10.06% 4.78%
Return on assets (69.69%) 8.82% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 11.32% 6.10%

Growth

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 90.08% 1.25% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.41% 9.09% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.95% 6.85% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 32.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 17.02 4.94 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA 0.97 (2.06) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — — 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ATOM PLAB Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 168.19m 1.78b 4.63b

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