Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) versus indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) Head-To-Head Contrast

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, indie Semiconductor has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kulicke and Soffa Industries and indie Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	12.18%	14.39%	10.41%
indie Semiconductor	-65.18%	-32.02%	-13.61%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Kulicke and Soffa Industries and indie Semiconductor”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	$654.08 million	5.90	$210,000.00	$2.17	33.97
indie Semiconductor	$217.39 million	1.74	-$143.07 million	($0.73)	-2.23

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. indie Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Kulicke and Soffa Industries and indie Semiconductor, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	0	3	2	0	2.40
indie Semiconductor	1	2	1	0	2.00

Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $85.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. indie Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $4.19, suggesting a potential upside of 156.90%. Given indie Semiconductor’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats indie Semiconductor on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kulicke and Soffa Industries

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices. It operates through four segments: Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The company offers ball bonding equipment, wafer level bonding equipment, wedge bonding equipment; and advanced display, die-attach, and thermocompression systems and solutions, as well as tools, spares and services for equipment. It also services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades equipment. The company serves semiconductor device manufacturers, integrated device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers, industrial manufacturers, foundry service providers, and automotive electronics suppliers primarily in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

About indie Semiconductor

indie Semiconductor, Inc. provides automotive semiconductors and software solutions for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous vehicle, in-cabin, connected car, and electrification applications in the United States, South America, rest of North America, Greater China, South Korea, rest of the Asia Pacific, and Europe. It offers ultrasonic sensors for parking assist and systems; radar sensors for audio assistance and reverse information; front cameras for vehicle detection, collision avoidance, and sign reading; and side/inside cameras for blind spot and lane change assist, and driver behavior monitoring. The company also provides LiDAR for distance, speed, and obstacle detection, collision avoidance, and emergency brake system; and long range RADAR for audio assistance, obstacle detection, and ACC stop and go. In addition, it designs and manufactures photonic components on various technology platforms, including fiber Bragg gratings, low-noise lasers, athermal and tunable packaging, photonic integration, and low-noise and high-speed electronics. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.