Comparing ASM International (OTCMKTS:ASMIY) & Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO)

Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO) and ASM International (OTCMKTS:ASMIY) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Peraso and ASM International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peraso	1	0	2	0	2.33
ASM International	1	2	5	0	2.50

Peraso presently has a consensus target price of $3.08, indicating a potential upside of 585.19%. Given Peraso’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peraso is more favorable than ASM International.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.6% of Peraso shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of ASM International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Peraso shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of ASM International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Peraso has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASM International has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Peraso and ASM International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peraso	-85.63%	-223.38%	-153.27%
ASM International	31.94%	22.22%	16.33%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Peraso and ASM International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peraso	$12.19 million	0.56	-$4.75 million	($0.68)	-0.66
ASM International	$3.59 billion	14.55	$818.79 million	$25.50	41.91

ASM International has higher revenue and earnings than Peraso. Peraso is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASM International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

ASM International beats Peraso on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Peraso

Peraso Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor devices and modules. The company's products include millimeter wavelength (mmWave) ICs, including baseband IC, various mmWave radio frequency, integrated circuits, as well as associated antenna technology; and mmWave antenna modules. It also provides accelerator engine products, comprising bandwidth engine for high-performance applications where throughput is critical; and quad partition rate, which allows for parallel accesses to multiple partitions of the memory simultaneously. Its mmWave products are used for various applications, such as multi-gigabit point-to-point (PtMP) wireless links; and fixed wireless access in the 5G operating bands, as well as consumer applications, such as wireless video streaming, and untethered augmented reality and virtual reality. The company also licenses intellectual property, as well as offers non-recurring engineering services. It markets its products through direct sales personnel, as well as sells representatives and distributors. The company was formerly knowns as MoSys, Inc. and changed its name to Peraso Inc. in December 2021. Peraso Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.

About ASM International

ASM International NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, marketing, and servicing of equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices in Europe, the United States, and Asia. The company’s products include wafer processing deposition systems for atomic layer deposition (ALD), epitaxy, silicon carbide, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and vertical furnace systems, including low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), diffusion, and oxidation products, as well as provides spare parts and support services. It also manufactures and sells equipment, which is used in wafer processing, encompassing the fabrication steps in which silicon wafers are layered with semiconductor devices. The company offers its products to semiconductor manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Advanced Semiconductor Materials International NV. ASM International NV was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands.