KLAC vs. DELL, RELX, SNPS, ANET, ADI, CDNS, PANW, SHOP, CRWD, and INFY
Should you be buying KLA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLA include Dell Technologies (DELL), Relx (RELX), Synopsys (SNPS), Arista Networks (ANET), Analog Devices (ADI), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
KLA has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KLA received 68 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.61% of users gave KLA an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KLA had 20 more articles in the media than Dell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for KLA and 22 mentions for Dell Technologies. KLA's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Dell Technologies' score of 0.38 indicating that KLA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KLA currently has a consensus target price of $720.42, suggesting a potential upside of 2.01%. Dell Technologies has a consensus target price of $104.63, suggesting a potential downside of 16.34%. Given KLA's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe KLA is more favorable than Dell Technologies.
86.7% of KLA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of KLA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KLA pays an annual dividend of $5.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. KLA pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dell Technologies pays out 40.7% 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.
KLA has a net margin of 27.19% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 3.63%. KLA's return on equity of 103.31% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
KLA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KLA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KLA beats Dell Technologies on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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