Comparing Rohm (OTCMKTS:ROHCY) and Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO)

Rohm (OTCMKTS:ROHCY) and Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Rohm and Silvaco Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rohm	0	2	0	0	2.00
Silvaco Group	1	0	3	1	2.80

Silvaco Group has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 203.95%. Given Silvaco Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silvaco Group is more favorable than Rohm.

Profitability

This table compares Rohm and Silvaco Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rohm	-7.27%	-1.07%	-0.67%
Silvaco Group	-47.59%	-15.53%	-9.87%

Risk and Volatility

Rohm has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvaco Group has a beta of 3.48, suggesting that its share price is 248% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rohm and Silvaco Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rohm	$2.95 billion	3.04	-$330.42 million	($0.63)	-35.14
Silvaco Group	$59.68 million	1.69	-$39.40 million	($1.03)	-3.19

Silvaco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rohm. Rohm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvaco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Silvaco Group beats Rohm on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rohm

ROHM Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells electronic components worldwide. The company operates through three segments: LSI, Semiconductor Devices, and Modules. It provides ICs comprising memory, amplifiers and linear, power management, motor/actuator drivers, resistors, clocks and timers, switches and multiplexers, logic, data converters, sensors and MEMS, display drivers, interfaces, wireless LSIs, audio and video products, speech synthesis LSI, and microcontrollers. The company also offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, bipolar transistors, and diodes; power devices, including power transistors and diodes, SiC power devices, IGBT, and IPM; modules, including optical modules, wireless communication modules, wireless charger modules, and print heads; and opto devices comprising LEDs, LED displays, laser diodes, and optical sensors, as well as foundry services, including thin-film piezoelectric MEMS, wafers, and WL-CSP. Its products are used in industry, automotive, consumer electronics, and telecommunications applications. The company was incorporated in 1940 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About Silvaco Group

Silvaco Group Inc. is a provider of TCAD, EDA software and SIP solutions which enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. The company’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco Group Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.