CRUS vs. SLAB, POWI, RMBS, DIOD, SMTC, MTSI, AMBA, MXL, SPWR, and LSCC
Should you be buying Cirrus Logic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cirrus Logic include Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Rambus (RMBS), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), SunPower (SPWR), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
88.0% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cirrus Logic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cirrus Logic has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cirrus Logic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cirrus Logic presently has a consensus target price of $96.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. Given Silicon Laboratories' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Silicon Laboratories is more favorable than Cirrus Logic.
Cirrus Logic has a net margin of 9.84% compared to Silicon Laboratories' net margin of -16.36%. Cirrus Logic's return on equity of 16.13% beat Silicon Laboratories' return on equity.
Cirrus Logic received 59 more outperform votes than Silicon Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Cirrus Logic an outperform vote while only 68.55% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cirrus Logic had 16 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cirrus Logic and 2 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Cirrus Logic's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of -0.59 indicating that Cirrus Logic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cirrus Logic has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cirrus Logic beats Silicon Laboratories on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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