TXN vs. MU, INTC, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, AMD, NXPI, and VZ
Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Verizon Communications (VZ). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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. Micron Technology pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Micron Technology received 2195 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.45% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Micron Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Texas Instruments presently has a consensus price target of $180.74, suggesting a potential downside of 1.06%. Micron Technology has a consensus price target of $123.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Given Micron Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Micron Technology is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
In the previous week, Micron Technology had 14 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Micron Technology and 26 mentions for Texas Instruments. Micron Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.49 indicating that Micron Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Micron Technology has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Micron Technology's net margin of -20.57%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 35.28% beat Micron Technology's return on equity.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Micron Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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