Cirrus Logic (CRUS) Competitors

Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is RMBS or CRUS more profitable?

Rambus has a net margin of 78.14% compared to Rambus' net margin of 15.35%. Cirrus Logic's return on equity of 16.99% beat Rambus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rambus	78.14%	16.99%	13.98%
Cirrus Logic	15.35%	16.49%	13.37%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RMBS or CRUS?

88.5% of Rambus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Rambus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer RMBS or CRUS?

Rambus currently has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.00%. Cirrus Logic has a consensus target price of $107.86, suggesting a potential downside of 1.97%. Given Cirrus Logic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rambus is more favorable than Cirrus Logic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rambus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cirrus Logic	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media favor RMBS or CRUS?

In the previous week, Cirrus Logic had 13 more articles in the media than Rambus. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cirrus Logic and 9 mentions for Rambus. Cirrus Logic's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Rambus' score of 0.26 indicating that Rambus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rambus	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cirrus Logic	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RMBS or CRUS?

Cirrus Logic received 367 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.56% of users gave Cirrus Logic an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rambus	Outperform Votes 388 61.49%	Underperform Votes 243 38.51%
Cirrus Logic	Outperform Votes 755 71.56%	Underperform Votes 300 28.44%

Which has better earnings and valuation, RMBS or CRUS?

Rambus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cirrus Logic. Rambus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cirrus Logic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rambus	$465.23M	13.43	$333.90M	$3.27	17.73
Cirrus Logic	$1.79B	3.31	$274.57M	$4.93	22.32

Which has more risk and volatility, RMBS or CRUS?

Rambus has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cirrus Logic has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rambus beats Cirrus Logic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.