AVGO vs. AMD, TXN, AMAT, MU, INTC, ADI, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, and FSLR
Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), Applied Materials (AMAT), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), and First Solar (FSLR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Broadcom has a net margin of 29.93% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 4.89%. Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity of 47.71% beat Broadcom's return on equity.
71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Broadcom shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Broadcom 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.
Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadcom has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 33 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 36 mentions for Broadcom. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Broadcom's score of 0.77 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Broadcom received 501 more outperform votes than Advanced Micro Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.64% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.
Broadcom has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Micro Devices. Broadcom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus price target of $185.26, indicating a potential upside of 10.36%. Broadcom has a consensus price target of $1,341.16, indicating a potential downside of 4.66%. Given Broadcom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Broadcom.
Summary
Broadcom beats Advanced Micro Devices on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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