INTC vs. TXN, MU, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, NXPI, AMD, and TSM
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Intel currently has a consensus price target of $41.48, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $173.89, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Texas Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Texas Instruments is more favorable than Intel.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 37.16% compared to Intel's net margin of 3.11%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 39.96% beat Intel's return on equity.
Intel received 1327 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.18% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Intel pays out 128.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Texas Instruments pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
60.8% of Intel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Intel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Texas Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intel has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intel had 46 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Intel and 17 mentions for Texas Instruments. Intel's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.74 indicating that Intel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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