VIAV vs. MXL, PLAB, AMBA, UCTT, ICHR, DQ, INDI, SITM, IMOS, and OSIS
Should you be buying Viavi Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viavi Solutions include MaxLinear (MXL), Photronics (PLAB), Ambarella (AMBA), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Ichor (ICHR), Daqo New Energy (DQ), indie Semiconductor (INDI), SiTime (SITM), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Viavi Solutions received 71 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 67.94% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -28.70%. MaxLinear's return on equity of 4.65% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus price target of $26.09, suggesting a potential upside of 40.88%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.60%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than MaxLinear.
In the previous week, Viavi Solutions had 10 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Viavi Solutions and 1 mentions for MaxLinear. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.32 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Viavi Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than MaxLinear. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats MaxLinear on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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