Analyzing Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and Nitto Denko (OTCMKTS:NDEKY)

Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and Nitto Denko (OTCMKTS:NDEKY) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ichor and Nitto Denko, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ichor	1	2	6	1	2.70
Nitto Denko	0	1	0	0	2.00

Ichor presently has a consensus price target of $85.89, indicating a potential upside of 79.46%. Given Ichor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ichor is more favorable than Nitto Denko.

Risk & Volatility

Ichor has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nitto Denko has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ichor and Nitto Denko”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ichor	$1.01 billion	1.77	-$52.78 million	($1.17)	-40.91
Nitto Denko	$6.83 billion	2.25	$881.09 million	$1.31	17.31

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

Profitability

This table compares Ichor and Nitto Denko’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ichor	-3.97%	0.47%	0.33%
Nitto Denko	12.94%	12.13%	9.66%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.8% of Ichor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ichor shares are owned by 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

Nitto Denko beats Ichor on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ichor

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. engages in the design, engineering, and manufacture of fluid delivery subsystems and components for semiconductor capital equipment in the United States and internationally. It primarily offers gas and chemical delivery systems and subsystems that are used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices. The company's gas delivery subsystems deliver, monitor, and control gases used in semiconductor manufacturing processes, such as etch and deposition; and chemical delivery subsystems blend and dispense the reactive liquid chemistries used in semiconductor manufacturing processes comprising chemical-mechanical planarization, electroplating, and cleaning. In addition, it manufactures precision machined components, weldments, electron beam, laser-welded components, precision vacuum and hydrogen brazing, surface treatment technologies, and other proprietary products. The company primarily markets its products to equipment OEMs in the semiconductor equipment market in Japan. Ichor Holdings, Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Nitto Denko

Nitto Denko Corporation primarily engages in the adhesive tapes business in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. It provides double sided tapes, surface protective films, sealing materials, masking tapes, membranes, FPD/touch panel related products, gasket materials, semiconductor manufacturing process products, flexible printed circuit boards, porous films/breathable materials, and packaging tapes. The company also offers functional thermal transfer systems, such as labels, barcode label printers, and label printing software; tapes for electrical and electronic equipment; dust removal products for clean rooms; fluoroplastic sheets and tapes, and fluoroplastic porous films; and materials for housing and construction. In addition, it provides medical products, including transdermal therapeutic systems, athletic tapes, medical adhesive tapes for wearable devices and body sensors, adhesive tapes, and particles for nucleic acid synthesis. The company offers its products to automotive and transportation, housing/housing equipment, infrastructure, material, home appliance and electrical, display, electronic device, medical, packaging, and consumer/personal care industries. Nitto Denko Corporation was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.