Diodes (DIOD) Competitors

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DIOD or LSCC?

Lattice Semiconductor received 143 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave Lattice Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 64.07% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diodes	Outperform Votes 419 64.07%	Underperform Votes 235 35.93%
Lattice Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 562 69.73%	Underperform Votes 244 30.27%

Do analysts prefer DIOD or LSCC?

Diodes presently has a consensus target price of $52.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.81%. Lattice Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $63.15, indicating a potential upside of 25.40%. Given Lattice Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lattice Semiconductor is more favorable than Diodes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diodes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lattice Semiconductor	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is DIOD or LSCC more profitable?

Lattice Semiconductor has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Diodes' net margin of 3.36%. Lattice Semiconductor's return on equity of 11.22% beat Diodes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diodes	3.36%	3.28%	2.57%
Lattice Semiconductor	12.00%	11.22%	9.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, DIOD or LSCC?

Diodes has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DIOD or LSCC?

In the previous week, Lattice Semiconductor had 13 more articles in the media than Diodes. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lattice Semiconductor and 14 mentions for Diodes. Lattice Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Diodes' score of 0.64 indicating that Lattice Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diodes	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lattice Semiconductor	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DIOD or LSCC?

99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DIOD or LSCC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diodes	$1.34B	1.66	$44.02M	$0.55	87.20
Lattice Semiconductor	$488.74M	14.17	$61.13M	$0.37	136.11

Summary

Lattice Semiconductor beats Diodes on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.