LSCC vs. MLNX, CY, CCMP, FSLR, SWKS, MTSI, ALTR, CRUS, RMBS, and POWI
Should you be buying Lattice Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lattice Semiconductor include Mellanox Technologies (MLNX), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), CMC Materials (CCMP), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), and Power Integrations (POWI).
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ:MLNX) and Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Lattice Semiconductor had 12 more articles in the media than Mellanox Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lattice Semiconductor and 0 mentions for Mellanox Technologies. Mellanox Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Lattice Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Lattice Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mellanox Technologies received 220 more outperform votes than Lattice Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.47% of users gave Mellanox Technologies an outperform vote while only 69.05% of users gave Lattice Semiconductor an outperform vote.
Lattice Semiconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mellanox Technologies. Mellanox Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lattice Semiconductor has a net margin of 31.42% compared to Lattice Semiconductor's net margin of 18.04%. Mellanox Technologies' return on equity of 28.61% beat Lattice Semiconductor's return on equity.
Mellanox Technologies has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.8% of Mellanox Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Mellanox Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lattice Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $82.09, indicating a potential upside of 49.07%. Given Mellanox Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lattice Semiconductor is more favorable than Mellanox Technologies.
Summary
Lattice Semiconductor beats Mellanox Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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