SMTC vs. MXL, AMBA, AOSL, POWI, SLAB, CRUS, RMBS, MTSI, SIMO, and OSIS
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, MaxLinear had 18 more articles in the media than Semtech. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for MaxLinear and 5 mentions for Semtech. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Semtech's score of 0.26 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MaxLinear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Semtech. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semtech has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MaxLinear has a net margin of -28.70% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of -4.75% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus price target of $26.09, indicating a potential upside of 33.25%. Semtech has a consensus price target of $39.85, indicating a potential upside of 6.98%. Given Semtech's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than Semtech.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Semtech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Semtech received 105 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote.
Summary
MaxLinear beats Semtech on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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