MCHP vs. MRVL, MPWR, SWKS, ADI, INTC, MU, TXN, STM, NXPI, and ON
Should you be buying Microchip Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microchip Technology include Marvell Technology (MRVL), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Analog Devices (ADI), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Texas Instruments (TXN), STMicroelectronics (STM), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Onsemi (ON). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) and Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Marvell Technology has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microchip Technology has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marvell Technology presently has a consensus price target of $84.05, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Microchip Technology has a consensus price target of $101.06, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Microchip Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marvell Technology is more favorable than Microchip Technology.
83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Microchip Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marvell Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Microchip Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Marvell Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Microchip Technology. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Marvell Technology and 23 mentions for Microchip Technology. Marvell Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Microchip Technology's score of 0.69 indicating that Microchip Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Microchip Technology has a net margin of 24.98% compared to Microchip Technology's net margin of -16.95%. Marvell Technology's return on equity of 36.78% beat Microchip Technology's return on equity.
Marvell Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Microchip Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Marvell Technology pays out -22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Microchip Technology pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Microchip Technology has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Microchip Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Marvell Technology received 550 more outperform votes than Microchip Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.83% of users gave Microchip Technology an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Marvell Technology an outperform vote.
Microchip Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microchip Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Microchip Technology beats Marvell Technology on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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