Melexis (OTCMKTS:MLXSF) vs. Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) Head to Head Review

Ichor (NASDAQ:ICHR) and Melexis (OTCMKTS:MLXSF) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ichor and Melexis”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ichor	$947.65 million	2.25	-$52.78 million	($1.17)	-48.64
Melexis	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Melexis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ichor.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.8% of Ichor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Melexis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ichor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Ichor and Melexis, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ichor	1	1	6	1	2.78
Melexis	0	2	0	0	2.00

Ichor presently has a consensus target price of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.87%. Given Ichor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ichor is more favorable than Melexis.

Profitability

This table compares Ichor and Melexis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ichor	-3.97%	0.47%	0.33%
Melexis	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Ichor beats Melexis on 9 of the 10 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 Melexis

Melexis NV designs, develops, tests, and markets advanced integrated semiconductor devices primarily for the automotive industry in Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and North and Latin America. The company provides magnetic position, current, latch and switch, inductive position, speed, pressure, tire monitoring, temperature, and optical sensors ICs and time-of-flight; embedded motor, smart, fan and pump, smart LED, and pre-driver ICs; embedded lighting; and LIN transceiver, CAN transceiver, and RFID transceivers. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Ieper, Belgium. Melexis NV is a subsidiary of Xtrion N.V.