DIOD vs. POWI, DQ, AMBA, SLAB, SMTC, MXL, CRUS, SPWR, RMBS, and MTSI
Should you be buying Diodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diodes include Power Integrations (POWI), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Ambarella (AMBA), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC), MaxLinear (MXL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), SunPower (SPWR), Rambus (RMBS), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
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.
Power Integrations presently has a consensus target price of $86.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.43%. Diodes has a consensus target price of $72.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.70%. Given Diodes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Diodes.
Diodes has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Diodes' net margin of 12.54%. Power Integrations' return on equity of 12.79% beat Diodes' return on equity.
Power Integrations received 3 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.69% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Diodes had 9 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Diodes and 3 mentions for Power Integrations. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.47 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Diodes beats Power Integrations on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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