AUO vs. ALGM, CRUS, FORM, RMBS, POWI, SLAB, TSEM, IPGP, SYNA, and MTSI
Should you be buying AU Optronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AU Optronics include Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), FormFactor (FORM), Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Synaptics (SYNA), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) and Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ:ALGM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Allegro MicroSystems has a consensus target price of $37.11, suggesting a potential upside of 22.72%. Given Allegro MicroSystems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allegro MicroSystems is more favorable than AU Optronics.
AU Optronics has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegro MicroSystems has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.6% of AU Optronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Allegro MicroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of AU Optronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Allegro MicroSystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AU Optronics received 444 more outperform votes than Allegro MicroSystems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.41% of users gave Allegro MicroSystems an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave AU Optronics an outperform vote.
Allegro MicroSystems has a net margin of 14.55% compared to AU Optronics' net margin of -0.59%. Allegro MicroSystems' return on equity of 20.67% beat AU Optronics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Allegro MicroSystems had 10 more articles in the media than AU Optronics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Allegro MicroSystems and 0 mentions for AU Optronics. Allegro MicroSystems' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat AU Optronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Allegro MicroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AU Optronics has higher revenue and earnings than Allegro MicroSystems. AU Optronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegro MicroSystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Allegro MicroSystems beats AU Optronics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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