CREE vs. SMTC, SEDG, MXL, AMBA, POWI, SLAB, CRUS, RMBS, MTSI, and LSCC
Should you be buying Cree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cree include Semtech (SMTC), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC).
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, Cree had 12 more articles in the media than Semtech. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cree and 3 mentions for Semtech. Cree's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Semtech's score of 0.29 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Semtech has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cree has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cree has a net margin of -83.60% compared to Cree's net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of -7.29% beat Cree's return on equity.
Semtech presently has a consensus price target of $39.85, suggesting a potential upside of 11.41%. Given Cree's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Semtech is more favorable than Cree.
Cree has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Semtech. Cree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cree received 271 more outperform votes than Semtech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote.
Summary
Semtech beats Cree on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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