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

AXT Inc and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. AXT Inc is the larger, with a market value of $5.1B against $4.6B — 1.1× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 41.3× against 2,631×. 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 18 and AXT Inc on 3.

Valuation

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 2,631.33 41.26 54.39
P/S 38.51 5.02 6.08
P/B 5.32 5.23 4.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 115.76 60.92
EV/EBITDA 330.45 23.70 39.95
EV/Sales 35.61 4.52 6.36
Earnings yield 0.04% 2.42% 1.14%
Free cash flow yield (0.40%) 0.86% 1.28%

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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.52%) 0.97% 8.85%
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 — 1.62% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.00

Size

Metric AXTI KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 5.14b 4.63b 4.63b

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