DIOD vs. POWI, RMBS, MTSI, AMBA, MXL, SLAB, CRUS, SMTC, LSCC, and SYNA
Should you be buying Diodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diodes include Power Integrations (POWI), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Semtech (SMTC), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), and Synaptics (SYNA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Diodes vs.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Power Integrations received 3 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
96.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Power Integrations shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Diodes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Power Integrations shares are held by company 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.
Power Integrations has a net margin of 26.24% compared to Diodes' net margin of 16.56%. Diodes' return on equity of 23.28% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Diodes has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Diodes had 2 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diodes and 5 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Diodes' score of 0.20 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diodes currently has a consensus target price of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Power Integrations has a consensus target price of $83.14, suggesting a potential downside of 0.21%. Given Diodes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Diodes is more favorable than Power Integrations.
Summary
Diodes beats Power Integrations on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DIOD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
