MU vs. INTC, ADI, TXN, MCHP, MPWR, AMAT, NXPI, STM, AMD, and T
Should you be buying Micron Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Micron Technology include Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Texas Instruments (TXN), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and AT&T (T). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Intel has higher revenue and earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Intel pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Micron Technology pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Micron Technology has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Intel has a net margin of 7.36% compared to Intel's net margin of -20.57%. Micron Technology's return on equity of 2.19% beat Intel's return on equity.
64.5% of Intel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Micron Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Intel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Intel currently has a consensus price target of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Micron Technology has a consensus price target of $124.60, indicating a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Micron Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intel is more favorable than Micron Technology.
Intel has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Micron Technology has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intel had 41 more articles in the media than Micron Technology. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Intel and 45 mentions for Micron Technology. Intel's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Micron Technology's score of 0.30 indicating that Micron Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Micron Technology received 873 more outperform votes than Intel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.45% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Intel an outperform vote.
Summary
Micron Technology beats Intel on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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