ADI vs. MU, MRVL, MCHP, INTC, TXN, MPWR, NXPI, STM, AMAT, and ON
Should you be buying Analog Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Analog Devices include Micron Technology (MU), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Applied Materials (AMAT), and Onsemi (ON). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Micron Technology has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 24.34% compared to Analog Devices' net margin of -20.57%. Micron Technology's return on equity of 12.76% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.
80.8% of Micron Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Micron Technology received 2415 more outperform votes than Analog Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.44% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 69.21% of users gave Analog Devices an outperform vote.
Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Micron Technology pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Analog Devices has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analog Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Micron Technology had 22 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Micron Technology and 12 mentions for Analog Devices. Micron Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Analog Devices' score of 0.70 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Micron Technology presently has a consensus price target of $122.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.41%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $208.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.07%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Micron Technology is more favorable than Analog Devices.
Summary
Micron Technology beats Analog Devices on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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