STM vs. MPWR, ON, MCHP, GFS, ASX, UMC, SWKS, NXPI, ALAB, and QRVO
Should you be buying STMicroelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STMicroelectronics include Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Onsemi (ON), Microchip Technology (MCHP), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), ASE Technology (ASX), United Microelectronics (UMC), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Astera Labs (ALAB), and Qorvo (QRVO). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. STMicroelectronics pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 57.1% 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.
STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by company 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.
STMicroelectronics presently has a consensus price target of $50.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.39%. Monolithic Power Systems has a consensus price target of $670.30, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Given STMicroelectronics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe STMicroelectronics is more favorable than Monolithic Power Systems.
Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 23.47% compared to STMicroelectronics' net margin of 22.30%. STMicroelectronics' return on equity of 22.95% beat Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, STMicroelectronics had 22 more articles in the media than Monolithic Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for STMicroelectronics and 10 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems. Monolithic Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat STMicroelectronics' score of -0.13 indicating that Monolithic Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Monolithic Power Systems. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monolithic Power Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monolithic Power Systems received 190 more outperform votes than STMicroelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave Monolithic Power Systems an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.
Summary
Monolithic Power Systems beats STMicroelectronics on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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