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Cree (CREE) Competitors

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CREE vs. GSIT, QUIK, NVDA, AVGO, TXN, MU, ADI, INTC, MRVL, and MCHP

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

Cree vs. Its Competitors

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

GSI Technology has a net margin of -51.85% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. Cree's return on equity of -7.29% beat GSI Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cree-83.60% -7.29% -4.50%
GSI Technology -51.85%-46.88%-32.42%

33.2% of GSI Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of GSI Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cree had 16 more articles in the media than GSI Technology. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cree and 2 mentions for GSI Technology. GSI Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that GSI Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cree
0 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GSI Technology
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

GSI Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cree. GSI Technology 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$525.60M0.00-$523.90M-$1.40N/A
GSI Technology$20.52M6.65-$10.64M-$0.42-11.17

Cree has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSI Technology has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cree and GSI Technology tied by winning 6 of the 12 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$46.22M$3.46B$28.91B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.01%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.0911.1534.2320.05
Price / SalesN/A130.861,711.0190.07
Price / Cash7,693.8915.3938.3858.56
Price / BookN/A105.737.795.87
Net Income-$523.90M-$9.27M$782.91M$258.55M

Cree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CREE
Cree
0.156 of 5 stars
N/AN/A-97.9%$46.22M$525.60M-0.093,466Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GSIT
GSI Technology
1.6511 of 5 stars
$4.57
-1.1%
N/A+65.1%$127.37M$20.52M-10.88180Positive News
QUIK
QuickLogic
2.4688 of 5 stars
$6.24
-2.7%
$10.87
+74.1%
-43.7%$98.82M$18.77M-15.2250News Coverage
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5475 of 5 stars
$164.07
-0.5%
$177.03
+7.9%
+54.5%$4.00T$130.50B52.9336,000Trending News
Insider Trade
AVGO
Broadcom
4.6314 of 5 stars
$275.60
+0.4%
$290.21
+5.3%
+94.4%$1.30T$51.57B103.2237,000Trending News
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.9209 of 5 stars
$220.05
-0.5%
$202.49
-8.0%
-6.2%$199.91B$15.64B41.7634,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MU
Micron Technology
4.9812 of 5 stars
$118.61
-4.8%
$146.44
+23.5%
+3.5%$132.74B$33.81B21.3748,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
ADI
Analog Devices
4.8779 of 5 stars
$243.46
-0.5%
$257.67
+5.8%
+3.1%$120.82B$9.43B66.3424,000Positive News
INTC
Intel
3.3524 of 5 stars
$23.30
-0.6%
$21.95
-5.8%
-33.4%$101.63B$53.10B-5.20108,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MRVL
Marvell Technology
4.9646 of 5 stars
$72.51
-0.3%
$94.47
+30.3%
+16.0%$62.64B$5.77B-127.217,042Positive News
MCHP
Microchip Technology
4.1708 of 5 stars
$74.05
-0.7%
$75.10
+1.4%
-18.6%$39.96B$4.40B-7,405.0019,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CREE) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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