SemiLEDS Corporation (LEDS) vs Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (MX)

SemiLEDS Corporation and Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. are both Semiconductors companies. Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $78.0M against $18.4M — 4.2× the size. Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −10.8% against −16.6%. SemiLEDS Corporation has the higher net margin (−3.92% vs −17.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −14.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, SemiLEDS Corporation leads on 10 and Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. on 8.

Valuation

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
P/E n/m n/m 36.98
P/S 0.67 0.42 6.03
P/B 5.64 0.33 3.87
Price to free cash flow 4.83 n/m 43.80
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 20.84
EV/Sales 0.49 0.13 5.07
Earnings yield (6.19%) (41.18%) 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 20.72% (27.07%) 1.06%

Profitability

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
Gross margin 10.46% 15.87% 52.21%
Operating margin (5.50%) (23.18%) 5.47%
Net margin (3.92%) (17.26%) 4.26%
Free cash flow margin 13.87% (11.35%) 5.02%
Return on equity (28.73%) (12.33%) 2.86%
Return on assets (4.99%) (8.81%) 2.03%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (14.64%) 2.28%

Growth

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) (16.64%) (10.81%) 17.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.13% 43.06% 27.66%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 47.95% (18.81%) 5.14%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.43 0.18 0.12
Current ratio 1.03 2.43 3.39
Net debt to EBITDA 1.01 2.64 0.53

Dividend

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.38

Size

Metric LEDS MX Semiconductors median
Market cap 18.37m 77.99m 5.69b

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