TXN vs. INTC, MU, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, NXPI, AMD, and NOW
Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and ServiceNow (NOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Intel had 33 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 126 mentions for Intel and 93 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Intel's score of 0.08 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Intel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Intel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Intel's net margin of 7.36%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 35.28% beat Intel's return on equity.
Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intel has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intel pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Texas Instruments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel received 1323 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $180.74, suggesting a potential upside of 1.84%. Intel has a consensus target price of $39.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.69%. Given Intel's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intel is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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