TSEM vs. SYNA, POWI, FORM, IPGP, SLAB, WOLF, KLIC, OSIS, CRUS, and SIMO
Should you be buying Tower Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tower Semiconductor include Synaptics (SYNA), Power Integrations (POWI), FormFactor (FORM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), OSI Systems (OSIS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) and Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Synaptics received 394 more outperform votes than Tower Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.44% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tower Semiconductor had 1 more articles in the media than Synaptics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tower Semiconductor and 3 mentions for Synaptics. Synaptics' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Tower Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Synaptics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synaptics has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tower Semiconductor presently has a consensus price target of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.90%. Synaptics has a consensus price target of $118.40, suggesting a potential upside of 34.74%. Given Synaptics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Tower Semiconductor.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 36.44% compared to Synaptics' net margin of -7.54%. Tower Semiconductor's return on equity of 9.33% beat Synaptics' return on equity.
Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Synaptics. Synaptics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Synaptics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Synaptics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor and Synaptics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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