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Chipmos Technologies (IMOS) vs nLight (LASR)

Chipmos Technologies and nLight are both Semiconductors companies. nLight is the larger, with a market value of $1.7B against $1.5B — 1.1× the size. nLight has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Chipmos Technologies trades at 21.3×. nLight grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.6% against 24.0%. Chipmos Technologies has the higher net margin (8.56% vs −4.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.50% vs −9.15%). Across the 19 metrics below, Chipmos Technologies leads on 10 and nLight on 9.

Valuation

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
P/E 21.27 n/m 40.58
P/S 1.77 6.90 6.53
P/B 1.94 4.95 4.63
Price to free cash flow n/m 92.93 50.51
EV/EBITDA 6.94 n/m 22.09
EV/Sales 1.89 5.98 5.41
Earnings yield 4.70% (0.61%) 0.94%
Free cash flow yield (0.17%) 1.08% 1.01%

Profitability

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
Gross margin 14.72% 31.99% 52.12%
Operating margin 9.13% (5.95%) 7.30%
Net margin 8.56% (4.02%) 3.87%
Free cash flow margin (0.31%) 10.95% 3.33%
Return on equity 9.55% (3.86%) 1.15%
Return on assets 5.08% (3.08%) 2.03%
Return on invested capital 5.50% (9.15%) 2.66%

Growth

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.98% 39.64% 17.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (62.71%) 62.99% 27.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.42%) 3.24% 5.14%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (27.01%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.64 0.00 0.13
Current ratio 2.39 7.71 3.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.20 10.87 0.58

Dividend

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
Dividend yield 1.79% — 1.58%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.38

Size

Metric IMOS LASR Semiconductors median
Market cap 1.48b 1.69b 4.99b

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