DIOD vs. POWI, SLAB, SMTC, CRUS, AMBA, MXL, DQ, RMBS, SPWR, and MTSI
Should you be buying Diodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diodes include Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Rambus (RMBS), SunPower (SPWR), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Power Integrations received 3 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.69% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
99.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Diodes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Diodes has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 12.54%. Diodes' return on equity of 12.79% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
In the previous week, Diodes had 14 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Diodes and 1 mentions for Power Integrations. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.00 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diodes presently has a consensus target price of $72.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.99%. Power Integrations has a consensus target price of $86.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.05%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Diodes.
Diodes has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diodes beats Power Integrations on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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