IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP) vs Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

IPG Photonics Corporation 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 $4.6B against $3.3B — 1.4× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 41.3× against 118×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 13.0%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 2.58%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 0.40%). Across the 21 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 14 and IPG Photonics Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 118.36 41.26 54.39
P/S 3.10 5.02 6.08
P/B 1.56 5.23 4.89
Price to free cash flow 149.70 115.76 60.92
EV/EBITDA 40.35 23.70 39.95
EV/Sales 2.30 4.52 6.36
Earnings yield 0.84% 2.42% 1.14%
Free cash flow yield 0.67% 0.86% 1.28%

Profitability

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 38.35% 48.18% 43.95%
Operating margin 0.75% 13.21% 10.32%
Net margin 2.58% 12.18% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 2.07% 4.34% 6.77%
Return on equity 1.30% 13.23% 4.78%
Return on assets 1.15% 9.47% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 0.40% 19.84% 6.10%

Growth

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.04% 44.44% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 117.85% 100.32% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.52%) 0.97% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (27.90%) (66.74%) 0.00%

Health

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 6.18 3.44 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (12.73) (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — 1.62% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.00

Size

Metric IPGP KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.29b 4.63b 4.63b

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