INTC vs. TXN, MU, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, NXPI, AMD, and UBER
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intel has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intel had 42 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 136 mentions for Intel and 94 mentions for Texas Instruments. Intel's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.07 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Texas Instruments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Texas Instruments' net margin of 7.36%. Intel's return on equity of 35.28% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Texas Instruments presently has a consensus price target of $180.74, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Intel has a consensus price target of $39.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.69%. Given Texas Instruments' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intel is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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. Intel pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Intel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Intel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Intel received 1323 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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