MXL vs. AMBA, AOSL, SMTC, DIOD, SLAB, POWI, CRUS, RMBS, VIAV, and PLAB
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Ambarella (AMBA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Semtech (SMTC), Diodes (DIOD), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and Photronics (PLAB). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
MaxLinear has a net margin of -28.70% compared to Ambarella's net margin of -74.81%. MaxLinear's return on equity of -4.75% beat Ambarella's return on equity.
Ambarella received 243 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MaxLinear has higher revenue and earnings than Ambarella. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ambarella had 1 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ambarella and 2 mentions for MaxLinear. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.67 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus price target of $25.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.13%. Ambarella has a consensus price target of $71.08, suggesting a potential upside of 45.04%. Given Ambarella's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than MaxLinear.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MaxLinear beats Ambarella on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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