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Should you be buying Advanced Micro Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Micro Devices include Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Broadcom (AVGO), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Salesforce (CRM), and Adobe (ADBE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 54 more articles in the media than Applied Materials. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 14 mentions for Applied Materials. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Applied Materials' score of 0.61 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Micro Devices. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Micro Devices received 62 more outperform votes than Applied Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.06% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 62.44% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.
Applied Materials has a net margin of 27.03% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 4.89%. Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity of 43.56% beat Applied Materials' return on equity.
Applied Materials presently has a consensus target price of $201.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus target price of $183.94, indicating a potential upside of 21.08%. Given Applied Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Applied Materials.
Summary
Applied Materials and Advanced Micro Devices tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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