Analog Devices (ADI) Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts prefer AAPL or ADI?

Apple currently has a consensus price target of $237.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.23%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $258.89, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Analog Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apple	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Analog Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Is AAPL or ADI a better dividend stock?

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 107.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAPL or ADI?

Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AAPL or ADI?

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Analog Devices. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apple	$400.37B	7.55	$93.74B	$6.59	30.71
Analog Devices	$9.43B	11.67	$1.64B	$3.67	60.41

Does the media refer more to AAPL or ADI?

In the previous week, Apple had 332 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 374 mentions for Apple and 42 mentions for Analog Devices. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Apple's score of 0.80 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apple	195 Very Positive mention(s)	52 Positive mention(s)	67 Neutral mention(s)	39 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Analog Devices	37 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AAPL or ADI more profitable?

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Analog Devices' net margin of 18.65%. Apple's return on equity of 172.48% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apple	24.30%	172.48%	31.58%
Analog Devices	18.65%	9.56%	6.99%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AAPL or ADI?

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apple beats Analog Devices on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.