Head to Head Contrast: Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) and Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY)

Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Fujifilm and Photronics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujifilm	0	0	1	0	3.00
Photronics	0	0	2	0	3.00

Photronics has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.91%. Given Photronics’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Photronics is more favorable than Fujifilm.

Volatility and Risk

Fujifilm has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Fujifilm and Photronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fujifilm	8.15%	7.84%	5.08%
Photronics	14.00%	8.54%	7.43%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fujifilm and Photronics”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujifilm	$20.99 billion	1.27	$1.72 billion	$1.12	9.54
Photronics	$866.95 million	1.37	$130.69 million	$1.92	10.29

Fujifilm has higher revenue and earnings than Photronics. Fujifilm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Photronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Fujifilm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Photronics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Photronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Photronics beats Fujifilm on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services imaging, healthcare, materials, and business innovation solutions worldwide. The company's Healthcare segment provides products and services, such as medical devices, biomedical contract development and manufacturing organization, pharmaceutical, regenerative medicine, and cosmetics and supplements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Its Materials segment offers inkjet digital presses and printing plates for printing industries, as well as industrial inkjet-related products and inkjet heads; storage media and archiving services to save and manage digital data volumes; and materials for industrials, including display and touch panel, semiconductor and image sensor, and functional film materials. The company's Business Innovation segment provides devices and services used in offices, including multi-function devices and printers; and provides problem-solving document services tailored to diverse business formats and roles, including system integration, cloud service, business process outsourcing, and others. Its Imaging segment offers color films, instant cameras, developing and printing systems, color papers, photo printing services, and others; and TV and cinema lenses, surveillance cameras, industrial lenses for production line inspection, and projectors. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Photronics

Photronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, and FDP substrates. The company offers electrical and optical components. It sells its products to semiconductor and FPD manufacturers, designers, and foundries, as well as to other high-performance electronics manufacturers through its sales personnel and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Photronic Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Photronics, Inc. in 1990. Photronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Brookfield, Connecticut.