INTC vs. ADI, TXN, MU, MCHP, AVGO, AMAT, AMD, NXPI, STM, and GFS
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Analog Devices (ADI), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), STMicroelectronics (STM), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Intel vs.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 27.27% compared to Intel's net margin of 12.71%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 14.69% beat Intel's return on equity.
Intel received 1555 more outperform votes than Analog Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Analog Devices an outperform vote while only 67.37% of users gave Intel an outperform vote.
Intel currently has a consensus price target of $29.48, suggesting a potential upside of 0.42%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $213.68, suggesting a potential upside of 13.85%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than Intel.
Intel pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intel pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Intel has higher revenue and earnings than Analog Devices. Intel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Intel had 18 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Intel and 15 mentions for Analog Devices. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Intel's score of 0.30 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intel has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.5% of Intel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Intel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Analog Devices shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Analog Devices beats Intel on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding INTC 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.
