MU vs. TXN, ADI, INTC, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, SWKS, ALTR, and MTSI
Should you be buying Micron Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Micron Technology include Texas Instruments (TXN), Analog Devices (ADI), Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Altair Engineering (ALTR), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Micron Technology vs.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Micron Technology currently has a consensus price target of $129.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.09%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $189.86, indicating a potential downside of 6.12%. Given Micron Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Micron Technology is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Micron Technology has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Micron Technology had 16 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Micron Technology and 38 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Micron Technology's score of 0.97 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Micron Technology pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 103.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 30.68% compared to Micron Technology's net margin of 13.34%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 28.08% beat Micron Technology's return on equity.
80.8% of Micron Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Micron Technology received 2245 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.51% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 60.12% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Micron Technology on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MU) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
