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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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 26 more articles in the media than Monolithic Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Applied Materials and 30 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems. Monolithic Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Applied Materials' score of 1.20 indicating that Monolithic Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Monolithic Power Systems
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
41 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 76.59% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 24.06%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.15% beat Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Monolithic Power Systems76.59% 19.80% 16.79%
Applied Materials 24.06%40.15%22.42%

Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus price target of $789.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Applied Materials has a consensus price target of $200.73, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Given Monolithic Power Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Monolithic Power Systems is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Monolithic Power Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $6.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% 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.

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Monolithic Power Systems. Monolithic Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Monolithic Power Systems$2.21B16.12$1.79B$37.6719.73
Applied Materials$27.18B5.64$7.18B$8.2223.23

Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Monolithic Power Systems and Applied Materials tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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MPWR vs. The Competition

MetricMonolithic Power SystemsSEMI IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$35.51B$29.39B$27.34B$8.92B
Dividend Yield0.82%1.67%3.13%4.00%
P/E Ratio19.6937.0036.9720.07
Price / Sales16.127.462,033.48118.22
Price / Cash68.8434.8034.7728.59
Price / Book11.525.127.235.58
Net Income$1.79B$692.87M$763.56M$248.65M
7 Day Performance1.61%-0.13%1.68%7.15%
1 Month Performance8.16%10.20%5.17%8.13%
1 Year Performance-11.70%-5.09%52,367.93%21.59%

Monolithic Power Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
4.8703 of 5 stars
$741.89
-2.2%
$789.42
+6.4%
-9.8%$35.52B$2.21B19.694,017Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.7845 of 5 stars
$183.07
-0.1%
$200.24
+9.4%
-21.3%$146.91B$28.09B22.2735,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2288 of 5 stars
$176.23
-1.3%
$199.95
+13.5%
-6.0%$2.14T$359.71B19.65183,323Trending News
High Trading Volume
KLAC
KLA
4.5398 of 5 stars
$895.74
+0.7%
$815.39
-9.0%
+7.0%$118.45B$9.81B32.5615,230Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
LRCX
Lam Research
4.5204 of 5 stars
$97.34
+0.1%
$93.97
-3.5%
-9.3%$124.51B$14.91B27.1317,450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.6426 of 5 stars
$99.36
-0.8%
$130.82
+31.7%
-21.9%$6.70B$3.59B29.6610,200News Coverage
MXL
MaxLinear
3.6531 of 5 stars
$14.21
+0.5%
$19.06
+34.1%
-32.4%$1.20B$360.53M-5.401,294
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8873 of 5 stars
$157.99
+0.2%
$175.78
+11.3%
+26.6%$3.85T$130.50B50.9636,000Trending News
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9097 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-14.9%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.1197 of 5 stars
$52.41
-1.0%
$56.08
+7.0%
-22.6%$21.90B$7.08B36.4031,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ANET
Arista Networks
4.5731 of 5 stars
$102.52
+3.1%
$109.33
+6.6%
+11.9%$128.76B$7.44B43.394,412

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