MPWR vs. AMAT, GOOGL, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, MXL, NVDA, NXPI, ON, and ANET
Should you be buying Monolithic Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monolithic Power Systems include Applied Materials (AMAT), Alphabet (GOOGL), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), MaxLinear (MXL), NVIDIA (NVDA), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), and Arista Networks (ANET). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Monolithic Power Systems vs. Its Competitors
Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Monolithic Power Systems. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monolithic Power Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 73.17% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 23.88%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.96% beat Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity.
Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus target price of $838.09, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $193.88, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Applied Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Monolithic Power Systems.
93.5% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $6.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 21.9% 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. Monolithic Power Systems has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Applied Materials has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Applied Materials had 17 more articles in the media than Monolithic Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Applied Materials and 38 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems. Monolithic Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Applied Materials' score of 1.14 indicating that Monolithic Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Monolithic Power Systems beats Applied Materials on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MPWR) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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