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AMAT vs. AMD, AVGO, GOOGL, INTC, KLAC, LRCX, NVDA, ANET, ENTG, and MKSI

Should you be buying Applied Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Materials include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Arista Networks (ANET), Entegris (ENTG), and MKS (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Applied Materials vs. Its Competitors

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 195 more articles in the media than Applied Materials. MarketBeat recorded 276 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 81 mentions for Applied Materials. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Advanced Micro Devices' score of 0.83 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Advanced Micro Devices
154 Very Positive mention(s)
42 Positive mention(s)
56 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
60 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Micro Devices$25.79B13.82$1.64B$1.74126.18
Applied Materials$27.18B6.41$7.18B$8.3926.08

Advanced Micro Devices currently has a consensus price target of $224.97, suggesting a potential upside of 2.47%. Applied Materials has a consensus price target of $204.54, suggesting a potential downside of 6.53%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Advanced Micro Devices
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Applied Materials
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Applied Materials has a net margin of 23.88% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 9.57%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.96% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Advanced Micro Devices9.57% 7.54% 6.13%
Applied Materials 23.88%40.96%22.99%

71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Applied Materials beats Advanced Micro Devices on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMAT vs. The Competition

MetricApplied MaterialsELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$174.17B$46.35B$32.20B$10.43B
Dividend Yield0.88%2.21%3.23%4.82%
P/E Ratio26.06692.27482.6026.98
Price / Sales6.41376.531,662.73130.89
Price / Cash22.7739.1434.3030.18
Price / Book9.496.687.636.67
Net Income$7.18B$551.26M$819.71M$276.55M
7 Day Performance3.44%3.19%-0.08%-0.42%
1 Month Performance30.41%31.50%6.46%6.58%
1 Year Performance2.31%65.11%23,913.01%40.76%

Applied Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.534 of 5 stars
$218.83
-0.3%
$204.54
-6.5%
+7.0%$174.17B$27.18B26.0635,700Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.3988 of 5 stars
$211.31
+28.3%
$183.91
-13.0%
+28.9%$344.22B$25.79B121.9028,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8844 of 5 stars
$338.50
+0.0%
$357.22
+5.5%
+96.6%$1.60T$51.57B86.4437,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.623 of 5 stars
$247.82
+1.0%
$240.76
-2.9%
+49.6%$3.00T$350.02B26.39183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
INTC
Intel
3.4252 of 5 stars
$37.35
+1.4%
$26.19
-29.9%
+58.0%$163.40B$53.10B-7.83108,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KLAC
KLA
4.531 of 5 stars
$1,145.28
+4.0%
$950.00
-17.1%
+27.5%$150.82B$12.16B37.6915,200Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
LRCX
Lam Research
4.4435 of 5 stars
$151.07
+3.6%
$119.20
-21.1%
+66.3%$190.40B$18.44B36.3019,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8567 of 5 stars
$187.00
-0.3%
$211.26
+13.0%
+39.7%$4.54T$130.50B53.2236,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
ANET
Arista Networks
4.7361 of 5 stars
$152.51
+4.8%
$162.00
+6.2%
+41.5%$191.91B$7.00B60.064,412Positive News
Gap Up
ENTG
Entegris
4.2527 of 5 stars
$100.29
+1.7%
$106.30
+6.0%
-15.6%$15.20B$3.24B51.688,200
MKSI
MKS
4.0288 of 5 stars
$139.48
+1.2%
$119.80
-14.1%
+21.6%$9.37B$3.74B35.4010,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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