INTC vs. TXN, MU, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, NXPI, AMD, and UBER
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
Intel presently has a consensus target price of $39.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.69%. Texas Instruments has a consensus target price of $180.74, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Intel's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Intel is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intel had 32 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 124 mentions for Intel and 92 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Intel's score of 0.08 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Intel pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
64.5% of Intel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Intel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Intel's net margin of 7.36%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 35.28% beat Intel's return on equity.
Intel received 1323 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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