Reviewing Dialog Semiconductor (OTCMKTS:DLGNF) & SCI Engineered Materials (OTCMKTS:SCIA)

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.6% of SCI Engineered Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of SCI Engineered Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

SCI Engineered Materials has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dialog Semiconductor has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SCI Engineered Materials and Dialog Semiconductor”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SCI Engineered Materials	$19.61 million	2.06	$1.75 million	$0.59	15.41
Dialog Semiconductor	$1.38 billion	4.17	$84.50 million	$3.32	24.22

Dialog Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than SCI Engineered Materials. SCI Engineered Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dialog Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares SCI Engineered Materials and Dialog Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SCI Engineered Materials	8.97%	18.52%	13.39%
Dialog Semiconductor	5.72%	16.55%	13.08%

Summary

Dialog Semiconductor beats SCI Engineered Materials on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SCI Engineered Materials

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. engages in the manufacture and supply of materials for physical vapor deposition thin film applications in the United States. It offers ceramic targets, metal sputtering targets, and backing plates for use in semiconductors, thin film solar, flat panel displays, defense, aerospace, and photonics industries. The company’s materials are used to produce nano layers of metals and oxides for advanced material systems; and in applying decorative coatings for end uses, such as sink faucets to produce various electronic, photonic, and semiconductor products. It serves domestic and multi-national corporations, universities, and research institutions. The company was formerly known as Superconductive Components, Inc. and changed its name to SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. in 2007. SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

About Dialog Semiconductor

Dialog Semiconductor Plc engages in the design, development, and marketing of integrated circuit (IC) products. It operates through the following segments: Custom Mixed Signal (CMS), Advanced Mixed Signal (AMS), Connectivity and Audio (C&A), and Industrial IoT. The CMS segment provides custom ICs designed to meet the needs of the customers in the mobile, industrial, automotive, computing and storage markets. The AMS segment offers standard products including CMICs, AC/DC converter solutions for smaller, fast charging power adaptors for portable devices as well as LED drivers for backlighting and solid state lighting products. The C&A segment includes standard products incorporating short-range wireless, digital cordless, Bluetooth low energy, VoIP, and low-power Wi-Fi technologies. The Industrial IoT segment consists of products enabling smart factory and building automation including non-volatile memory (NVM) ICs, industrial communication ICs, custom-designed ASICs and embedded systems, servers, and software. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.