AXT Inc (AXTI) vs Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

AXT 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 $4.4B against $3.8B — 1.1× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.6× against 1,716×. AXT Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 45.8% against 44.4%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 3.23%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 0.44%). Across the 21 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 17 and AXT Inc on 4.

Valuation

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 1,715.67 35.58 45.03
P/S 25.11 4.33 4.64
P/B 3.47 4.51 3.22
Price to free cash flow n/m 99.82 48.18
EV/EBITDA 205.99 19.92 33.11
EV/Sales 22.20 3.80 5.52
Earnings yield 0.06% 2.81% 1.41%
Free cash flow yield (0.62%) 1.00% 1.67%

Profitability

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 32.18% 48.18% 43.95%
Operating margin 3.09% 13.21% 10.32%
Net margin 3.23% 12.18% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin (15.59%) 4.34% 6.77%
Return on equity 0.73% 13.23% 4.78%
Return on assets 0.57% 9.47% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 0.44% 19.84% 6.10%

Growth

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 45.81% 44.44% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (81.48%) 100.32% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.52%) 0.97% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (66.74%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 4.77 3.44 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA 5.10 (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — 1.04% 0.42%
Payout ratio — 0.38 0.19

Size

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.80b 4.35b 3.80b

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