CREE vs. DIOD, SEDG, SMTC, POWI, SLAB, AMBA, MXL, CRUS, RMBS, and MTSI
Should you be buying Cree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cree include Diodes (DIOD), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Semtech (SMTC), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI).
Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Diodes had 4 more articles in the media than Cree. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Diodes and 8 mentions for Cree. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Cree. Cree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diodes has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. Diodes' return on equity of 12.79% beat Cree's return on equity.
99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cree received 550 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote.
Diodes has a consensus price target of $72.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Diodes' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diodes is more favorable than Cree.
Summary
Diodes beats Cree on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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