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CREE vs. CEVA, NVEC, QUIK, GSIT, NVDA, AVGO, TXN, MU, ADI, and INTC

Should you be buying Cree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cree include CEVA (CEVA), NVE (NVEC), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), and Intel (INTC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

Cree vs. Its Competitors

Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

CEVA has a net margin of -8.22% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. CEVA's return on equity of -2.48% beat Cree's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cree-83.60% -7.29% -4.50%
CEVA -8.22%-2.48%-2.16%

Cree received 334 more outperform votes than CEVA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.18% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CreeOutperform Votes
964
64.96%
Underperform Votes
520
35.04%
CEVAOutperform Votes
630
75.18%
Underperform Votes
208
24.82%

CEVA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cree. CEVA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cree$525.60M0.28-$523.90M-$1.40-0.92
CEVA$109.11M4.36-$8.79M-$0.28-71.04

Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEVA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cree had 20 more articles in the media than CEVA. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Cree and 5 mentions for CEVA. CEVA's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that CEVA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cree
3 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CEVA
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.4% of CEVA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of CEVA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CEVA has a consensus price target of $35.60, indicating a potential upside of 78.98%. Given CEVA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CEVA is more favorable than Cree.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cree
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
CEVA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

CEVA beats Cree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CREE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CREE vs. The Competition

MetricCreeSemiconductors & Related Devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$149.49M$63.31B$25.98B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.20%2.85%4.15%
P/E Ratio-0.2843.9744.5019.65
Price / Sales0.2854.091,698.14152.18
Price / Cash7,693.8926.4934.7434.64
Price / Book0.077.066.824.59
Net Income-$523.90M$751.41M$742.69M$248.23M

Cree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CREE
Cree
0.3125 of 5 stars
$1.29
-4.4%
N/A-95.5%$149.49M$525.60M-0.283,466Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CEVA
CEVA
2.324 of 5 stars
$21.41
+5.8%
$35.60
+66.3%
-1.4%$511.91M$109.11M-57.86480Positive News
Gap Down
NVEC
NVE
2.4584 of 5 stars
$74.35
+2.6%
N/A-8.7%$359.63M$25.87M23.9850Positive News
High Trading Volume
QUIK
QuickLogic
1.8783 of 5 stars
$6.18
+8.8%
$10.87
+75.8%
-47.1%$97.87M$18.77M-61.8050Analyst Upgrade
GSIT
GSI Technology
0.773 of 5 stars
$3.25
-3.3%
N/A+11.2%$83.21M$20.52M-6.50180News Coverage
Gap Down
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8561 of 5 stars
$142.63
+0.6%
$171.66
+20.4%
+7.7%$3.48T$148.52B56.1326,200Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
AVGO
Broadcom
4.9152 of 5 stars
$244.28
-1.1%
$272.71
+11.6%
+43.3%$1.15T$57.05B199.2520,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.6312 of 5 stars
$199.21
+3.5%
$189.86
-4.7%
+0.6%$180.98B$16.05B38.3833,000Positive News
MU
Micron Technology
4.8039 of 5 stars
$110.95
+2.2%
$129.00
+16.3%
-18.2%$123.99B$31.32B31.9748,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ADI
Analog Devices
4.9393 of 5 stars
$227.66
+2.4%
$248.63
+9.2%
-2.7%$112.98B$9.82B72.5024,400Positive News
Analyst Revision
INTC
Intel
3.8453 of 5 stars
$20.48
+2.1%
$21.57
+5.3%
-33.9%$89.33B$53.04B-4.68131,900Trending News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:CREE) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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