AMBA vs. MXL, SMTC, DQ, CSIQ, AOSL, XPER, DIOD, POWI, SLAB, and CRUS
Should you be buying Ambarella stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambarella include MaxLinear (MXL), Semtech (SMTC), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Xperi (XPER), Diodes (DIOD), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
MaxLinear has higher revenue and earnings than Ambarella. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Ambarella shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MaxLinear and MaxLinear both had 5 articles in the media. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.40 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MaxLinear has a net margin of -28.70% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -74.81%. Ambarella's return on equity of -4.75% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus target price of $26.09, indicating a potential upside of 30.19%. Ambarella has a consensus target price of $71.08, indicating a potential upside of 49.08%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than MaxLinear.
Ambarella received 243 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
Summary
MaxLinear beats Ambarella on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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