Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) vs. ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY) Financial Comparison

ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY) and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ams-OSRAM and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ams-OSRAM	$3.76 billion	0.28	-$850.53 million	($0.90)	-5.77
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor	$696.16 million	0.93	-$96.98 million	($3.47)	-6.24

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ams-OSRAM. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ams-OSRAM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

ams-OSRAM has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ams-OSRAM and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ams-OSRAM	-3.76%	6.02%	0.98%
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor	-15.06%	-3.78%	-3.03%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for ams-OSRAM and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ams-OSRAM	1	3	0	0	1.75
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor	2	2	1	0	1.80

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Alpha and Omega Semiconductor’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is more favorable than ams-OSRAM.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.0% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor beats ams-OSRAM on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ams-OSRAM

ams-OSRAM AG designs, manufactures, and sells LED and optical sensor solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. The company operates in Semiconductors and Lamps & Systems segments. The Semiconductors segment offers semiconductor-based products and solutions, such as high-performance LEDs, lasers, and optical sensors for automotive, consumer, and industrial and medical technology end markets. The Lamps & Systems segment provides lamps and lighting systems for the automotive, industrial, and medical end markets. The company was formerly known as ams AG and changed its name to ams-OSRAM AG in January 2022. ams-OSRAM AG is headquartered in Premstätten, Austria.

About Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited designs, develops, and supplies power semiconductor products for computing, consumer electronics, communication, and industrial applications in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. It offers power discrete products, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), SRFETs, XSFET, electrostatic discharge, protected MOSFETs, high and mid-voltage MOSFETs, and insulated gate bipolar transistors for use in smart phone chargers, battery packs, notebooks, desktop and servers, data centers, base stations, graphics card, game boxes, TVs, AC adapters, power supplies, motor control, power tools, E-vehicles, white goods and industrial motor drives, UPS systems, solar inverters, and industrial welding. The company also provides power ICs that deliver power, as well as control and regulate the power management variables, such as the flow of current and level of voltage. Its power ICs are used in flat panel displays, TVs, notebooks, graphic cards, servers, DVD/Blu-Ray players, set-top boxes, and networking equipment. In addition, the company offers transient voltage suppressors, analog switch, and electromagnetic interference filter for notebooks, desktop PCs, tablets, flat panel displays, TVs, smart phones, and portable electronic devices; and 650V and 1200V SiC MOSFET. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.