NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Competitors

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NXPI or XLNX?

NXP Semiconductors received 337 more outperform votes than Xilinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.98% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Xilinx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NXP Semiconductors	Outperform Votes 1089 73.98%	Underperform Votes 383 26.02%
Xilinx	Outperform Votes 752 55.38%	Underperform Votes 606 44.62%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NXPI or XLNX?

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Xilinx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Xilinx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NXPI or XLNX more profitable?

Xilinx has a net margin of 25.26% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 21.24%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 37.65% beat Xilinx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors	21.24%	37.65%	13.71%
Xilinx	25.26%	31.51%	17.38%

Which has better earnings & valuation, NXPI or XLNX?

NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Xilinx. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xilinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NXP Semiconductors	$13.28B	5.24	$2.80B	$10.83	25.11
Xilinx	$3.15B	15.38	$646.51M	$3.71	52.54

Do analysts rate NXPI or XLNX?

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus target price of $267.80, indicating a potential downside of 1.50%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Xilinx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Xilinx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, NXPI or XLNX?

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xilinx has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NXPI or XLNX?

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 13 more articles in the media than Xilinx. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 0 mentions for Xilinx. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Xilinx's score of 0.54 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors	Positive
Xilinx	Positive

Is NXPI or XLNX a better dividend stock?

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Xilinx pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xilinx pays out 39.9% 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. NXP Semiconductors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Xilinx on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.