MXL vs. POWI, SLAB, DIOD, SMTC, AMBA, AOSL, SPWR, CEVA, NVEC, and QUIK
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Ambarella (AMBA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SunPower (SPWR), CEVA (CEVA), NVE (NVEC), and QuickLogic (QUIK). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Power Integrations has a net margin of 12.28% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of -28.70%. MaxLinear's return on equity of 6.13% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Power Integrations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear received 170 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Power Integrations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Power Integrations presently has a consensus target price of $87.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. MaxLinear has a consensus target price of $25.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.00%. Given Power Integrations' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than Power Integrations.
In the previous week, Power Integrations had 9 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Power Integrations and 0 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.00 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Power Integrations beats MaxLinear on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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