Analog Devices (ADI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer ADI or AAPL?

Analog Devices presently has a consensus target price of $257.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.31%. Apple has a consensus target price of $235.27, indicating a potential upside of 11.42%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Analog Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Analog Devices	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Apple	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ADI or AAPL?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, ADI or AAPL?

Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADI or AAPL a better dividend stock?

Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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 pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ADI or AAPL?

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
Analog Devices	$9.43B	12.88	$1.64B	$3.67	66.67
Apple	$391.04B	8.07	$93.74B	$6.42	32.89

Is ADI or AAPL 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 167.24% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Analog Devices	18.65%	9.56%	6.99%
Apple	24.30%	167.24%	31.35%

Does the media refer more to ADI or AAPL?

In the previous week, Apple had 234 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 273 mentions for Apple and 39 mentions for Analog Devices. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Apple's score of 0.77 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Analog Devices	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apple	148 Very Positive mention(s)	27 Positive mention(s)	58 Neutral mention(s)	30 Negative mention(s)	8 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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