SITM vs. OSIS, UCTT, AMBA, SMTC, PLAB, KLIC, SIMO, MXL, VIAV, and WOLF
Should you be buying SiTime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SiTime include OSI Systems (OSIS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), Photronics (PLAB), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), MaxLinear (MXL), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and Wolfspeed (WOLF). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, SiTime had 11 more articles in the media than OSI Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for SiTime and 7 mentions for OSI Systems. SiTime's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat OSI Systems' score of 0.46 indicating that SiTime is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SiTime has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to SiTime's net margin of -55.93%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.10% beat SiTime's return on equity.
SiTime presently has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.68%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $165.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.82%. Given OSI Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OSI Systems is more favorable than SiTime.
84.3% of SiTime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of OSI Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
OSI Systems received 335 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.58% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote.
Summary
OSI Systems beats SiTime on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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