SMTC vs. AMKR, LSCC, ALTR, MTSI, CRUS, RMBS, POWI, SLAB, DIOD, and AMBA
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include Amkor Technology (AMKR), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), and Ambarella (AMBA).
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Amkor Technology has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Semtech's net margin of -129.52%. Amkor Technology's return on equity of 9.53% beat Semtech's return on equity.
Semtech has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amkor Technology has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Semtech had 40 more articles in the media than Amkor Technology. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Semtech and 5 mentions for Amkor Technology. Amkor Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Semtech's score of 0.32 indicating that Amkor Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amkor Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Semtech. Semtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amkor Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Semtech received 376 more outperform votes than Amkor Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.90% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Amkor Technology an outperform vote.
42.8% of Amkor Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Semtech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Amkor Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Semtech presently has a consensus price target of $48.90, indicating a potential upside of 56.83%. Amkor Technology has a consensus price target of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.28%. Given Semtech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Semtech is more favorable than Amkor Technology.
Summary
Amkor Technology beats Semtech on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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