AMD vs. AMAT, TXN, INTC, MU, ADI, AVGO, TSM, CRM, SAP, and ADBE
Should you be buying Advanced Micro Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Micro Devices include Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Broadcom (AVGO), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Salesforce (CRM), SAP (SAP), and Adobe (ADBE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 38 more articles in the media than Applied Materials. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 14 mentions for Applied Materials. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Advanced Micro Devices' score of 0.66 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advanced Micro Devices received 48 more outperform votes than Applied Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.06% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.
Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus target price of $185.59, indicating a potential upside of 17.91%. Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $201.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Applied Materials.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Micro Devices. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Materials has a net margin of 27.03% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 3.77%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 43.56% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.
71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are held 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.
Summary
Advanced Micro Devices and Applied Materials tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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