CRUS vs. RMBS, MTSI, POWI, SLAB, DIOD, SMTC, LSCC, AMBA, MXL, and SPWR
Should you be buying Cirrus Logic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cirrus Logic include Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), and SunPower (SPWR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Cirrus Logic received 367 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.56% of users gave Cirrus Logic an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote.
88.5% of Rambus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Rambus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rambus has a net margin of 78.14% compared to Rambus' net margin of 15.35%. Cirrus Logic's return on equity of 16.99% beat Rambus' return on equity.
Rambus currently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.47%. Cirrus Logic has a consensus target price of $107.86, indicating a potential downside of 6.54%. Given Cirrus Logic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rambus is more favorable than Cirrus Logic.
Rambus has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cirrus Logic has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cirrus Logic had 12 more articles in the media than Rambus. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cirrus Logic and 3 mentions for Rambus. Cirrus Logic's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Rambus' score of 0.79 indicating that Rambus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rambus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cirrus Logic. Rambus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cirrus Logic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rambus beats Cirrus Logic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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