AMAT vs. TXN, MU, INTC, ADI, AMD, NXPI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, and VZ
Should you be buying Applied Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Materials include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), and Verizon Communications (VZ). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 27.03%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 43.56% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Applied Materials received 466 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Applied Materials pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Applied Materials presently has a consensus price target of $201.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $180.74, indicating a potential downside of 3.38%. Given Texas Instruments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Texas Instruments is more favorable than Applied Materials.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Texas Instruments had 14 more articles in the media than Applied Materials. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Texas Instruments and 14 mentions for Applied Materials. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.78 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Applied Materials beats Texas Instruments on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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