WOLF vs. SIMO, KLIC, DIOD, SMTC, SYNA, TSEM, OSIS, SITM, POWI, and SLAB
Should you be buying Wolfspeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolfspeed include Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Synaptics (SYNA), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), OSI Systems (OSIS), SiTime (SITM), Power Integrations (POWI), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Wolfspeed shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned 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.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 8.34% compared to Wolfspeed's net margin of -96.12%. Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity of 7.77% beat Wolfspeed's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wolfspeed. Wolfspeed 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.
Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wolfspeed had 17 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Wolfspeed and 36 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Wolfspeed's score of -0.07 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wolfspeed currently has a consensus price target of $36.93, indicating a potential upside of 51.55%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus price target of $91.13, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Given Wolfspeed's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Silicon Motion Technology received 809 more outperform votes than Wolfspeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.46% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 30.53% of users gave Wolfspeed an outperform vote.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Wolfspeed on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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