SMTC vs. AMBA, MXL, DIOD, POWI, SLAB, AOSL, CRUS, RMBS, MTSI, and LSCC
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Diodes (DIOD), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Semtech currently has a consensus price target of $39.85, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Ambarella has a consensus price target of $71.08, suggesting a potential upside of 56.02%. Given Ambarella's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than Semtech.
Ambarella has a net margin of -74.81% compared to Semtech's net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of -9.41% beat Ambarella's return on equity.
In the previous week, Semtech had 1 more articles in the media than Ambarella. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Semtech and 4 mentions for Ambarella. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ambarella's score of 0.30 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ambarella has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Semtech. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.1% of Ambarella shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Semtech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Ambarella shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambarella received 138 more outperform votes than Semtech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
Semtech has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Semtech beats Ambarella on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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