RMBS vs. CRUS, MTSI, SLAB, POWI, DIOD, SMTC, LSCC, AMBA, MXL, and CSIQ
Should you be buying Rambus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rambus include Cirrus Logic (CRUS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), and Canadian Solar (CSIQ). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Cirrus Logic had 11 more articles in the media than Rambus. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cirrus Logic and 10 mentions for Rambus. Rambus' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Cirrus Logic's score of 0.26 indicating that Rambus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rambus currently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.00%. Cirrus Logic has a consensus price target of $107.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.97%. Given Rambus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rambus is more favorable than Cirrus Logic.
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.
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.
Rambus has a net margin of 78.14% compared to Cirrus Logic's net margin of 15.35%. Rambus' return on equity of 16.99% beat Cirrus Logic's return on equity.
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.
88.5% of Rambus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Cirrus Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Rambus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cirrus Logic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Rambus beats Cirrus Logic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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