MXL vs. AEIS, DIOD, MKSI, MTSI, NXPI, ON, SYNA, TER, SMTC, and SLAB
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Diodes (DIOD), MKS (MKSI), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Synaptics (SYNA), Teradyne (TER), Semtech (SMTC), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
MaxLinear vs. Its Competitors
MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) and Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear presently has a consensus price target of $19.31, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus price target of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 19.28%. Given MaxLinear's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 5.13% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -55.53%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 12.38% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 2 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 3 mentions for MaxLinear. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.93 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats MaxLinear on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MXL) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
