Analyzing SemiLEDs (NASDAQ:LEDS) and Oxford Instruments (OTCMKTS:OXINF)

SemiLEDs (NASDAQ:LEDS) and Oxford Instruments (OTCMKTS:OXINF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SemiLEDs and Oxford Instruments”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SemiLEDs	$5.31 million	1.73	-$2.69 million	($0.47)	-2.72
Oxford Instruments	$536.00 million	N/A	$70.63 million	N/A	N/A

Oxford Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than SemiLEDs.

Profitability

This table compares SemiLEDs and Oxford Instruments’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SemiLEDs	-44.37%	-120.86%	-18.80%
Oxford Instruments	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.3% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of SemiLEDs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for SemiLEDs and Oxford Instruments, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SemiLEDs	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oxford Instruments	0	0	0	1	4.00

Volatility and Risk

SemiLEDs has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oxford Instruments beats SemiLEDs on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SemiLEDs

SemiLEDs Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells light emitting diode (LED) chips, LED components, and LED modules and systems in the United States, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, and internationally. The company also sells enhanced vertical, LED product series in blue, white, green, and UV; LED chips to packagers or distributors; and lighting products primarily to original design manufacturers of lighting products and the end-users of lighting devices, as well as packs and sells its LED chips. Its products are used for general lighting applications, including commercial, industrial, and residential lighting; and specialty industrial applications, such as ultraviolet or UV, curing of polymers, LED light therapy in medical/cosmetic applications, counterfeit detection, germicidal and viricidal devices LED lighting for horticulture applications, architectural lighting, and entertainment lighting. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Chu-Nan, Taiwan.

About Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments plc provide scientific technology products and services for academic and commercial organizations worldwide. It operates through three segments: Materials & Characterisation, Research & Discovery, and Service & Healthcare. The company offers atomic force, electron, and Raman microscopy; deposition tools comprising plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, chemical vapour deposition, inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition, atomic layer deposition, and ion beam deposition systems; and etch tools, including inductively coupled plasma etching, reactive ion etching, deep silicon etching, atomic layer etching, and ion beam etching systems. It also provides low temperature systems, such as dilution refrigerators, high field magnets, and cryostats; optical imaging products, including cameras, confocal microscopy, and 3d and 4d visualisation software; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) products comprising NMR spectrometers, TD-NMR research, QA/QC analyzers, and rock core analyzers; and X-Ray sources, tubes, and power supply products. Its products are used in various industries, such as advanced manufacturing, agriculture and food, astronomy, automotive and aerospace, bio imaging and life science, chemical and catalysis, energy generation and storage, forensics and environment, geology, petrology, mining, metals, alloys, composites, ceramics, pharma, photonics, polymers, quantum technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, and data storage. Oxford Instruments plc was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.