SIMO vs. OSIS, KLIC, SMTC, WOLF, VIAV, UCTT, PLAB, SITM, MXL, and AMBA
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include OSI Systems (OSIS), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Semtech (SMTC), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB), SiTime (SITM), MaxLinear (MXL), and Ambarella (AMBA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) 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 earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus target price of $87.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.39%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $164.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.14%. Given OSI Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OSI Systems is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of 8.27%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology received 393 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.31% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 70.53% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. OSI Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, OSI Systems had 14 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for OSI Systems and 8 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.40 indicating that OSI Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSI Systems beats Silicon Motion Technology on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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