TSEM vs. SYNA, ACIA, KLIC, AMBA, MXL, SWKS, ALAB, LSCC, QRVO, and AMKR
Should you be buying Tower Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tower Semiconductor include Synaptics (SYNA), Acacia Communications (ACIA), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Astera Labs (ALAB), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Qorvo (QRVO), and Amkor Technology (AMKR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) and Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synaptics has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 35.27% compared to Synaptics' net margin of -11.30%. Tower Semiconductor's return on equity of 8.78% beat Synaptics' return on equity.
Synaptics received 394 more outperform votes than Tower Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.58% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.
Tower Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $46.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. Synaptics has a consensus price target of $117.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.56%. Given Synaptics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Tower Semiconductor.
Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Synaptics. Synaptics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Synaptics had 1 more articles in the media than Tower Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Synaptics and 3 mentions for Tower Semiconductor. Synaptics' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tower Semiconductor's score of 1.14 indicating that Synaptics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Synaptics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Synaptics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor beats Synaptics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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