Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) Competitors

Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, POWI or SLAB?

Power Integrations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Power Integrations	$444.54M	9.80	$55.74M	$0.92	83.47
Silicon Laboratories	$782.26M	5.31	-$34.52M	-$3.31	-39.33

Do analysts rate POWI or SLAB?

Power Integrations presently has a consensus price target of $87.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus price target of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Silicon Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Power Integrations	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Silicon Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Is POWI or SLAB more profitable?

Power Integrations has a net margin of 12.28% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of -16.36%. Silicon Laboratories' return on equity of 6.13% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Power Integrations	12.28%	6.13%	5.57%
Silicon Laboratories	-16.36%	-4.45%	-3.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, POWI or SLAB?

Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to POWI or SLAB?

In the previous week, Power Integrations had 10 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Power Integrations and 5 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 0.75 indicating that Silicon Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Power Integrations	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Silicon Laboratories	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POWI or SLAB?

Silicon Laboratories received 274 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Power Integrations	Outperform Votes 417 63.09%	Underperform Votes 244 36.91%
Silicon Laboratories	Outperform Votes 691 68.48%	Underperform Votes 318 31.52%

Summary

Power Integrations beats Silicon Laboratories on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.