ADI vs. NXPI, XLNX, TXN, INTC, MU, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, and SWKS
Should you be buying Analog Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Analog Devices include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Xilinx (XLNX), Texas Instruments (TXN), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS).
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $294.89, suggesting a potential upside of 16.27%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Given Analog Devices' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Analog Devices.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 43 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 19 mentions for Analog Devices. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Analog Devices' score of 0.24 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Analog Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NXP Semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 21.21% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 20.45%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 35.65% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 86.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors 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 is poised for long-term growth.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analog Devices received 114 more outperform votes than NXP Semiconductors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.85% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 69.22% of users gave Analog Devices an outperform vote.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats Analog Devices on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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