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NVEC vs. MXL, AOSL, CEVA, GSIT, QUIK, NVDA, AVGO, MU, INTC, and TXN

Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Ceva (CEVA), GSI Technology (GSIT), QuickLogic (QUIK), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), and Texas Instruments (TXN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

NVE vs. Its Competitors

NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) and MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation and dividends.

NVE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NVE$25.88M13.61$15.06M$3.0024.26
MaxLinear$360.53M3.77-$245.20M-$2.47-6.32

NVE has a net margin of 55.79% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -42.43%. NVE's return on equity of 22.48% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NVE55.79% 22.48% 21.78%
MaxLinear -42.43%-12.52%-7.26%

66.0% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MaxLinear has a consensus target price of $19.94, suggesting a potential upside of 27.64%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than NVE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NVE
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
MaxLinear
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

NVE has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NVE had 19 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for NVE and 17 mentions for MaxLinear. NVE's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.08 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NVE
25 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MaxLinear
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

NVE beats MaxLinear on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVEC vs. The Competition

MetricNVEELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$349.10M$47.93B$33.43B$10.76B
Dividend Yield5.54%2.06%3.18%4.83%
P/E Ratio25.53837.3899.9728.55
Price / Sales13.6155.661,492.83189.71
Price / Cash23.1597.5437.2860.67
Price / Book5.896.927.586.61
Net Income$15.06M$551.26M$820.47M$276.82M
7 Day Performance1.11%3.51%2.51%2.07%
1 Month Performance9.30%11.20%2.85%2.62%
1 Year Performance-4.56%77.51%24,052.59%32.86%

NVE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVEC
NVE
1.6927 of 5 stars
$72.77
+0.8%
N/A-6.3%$349.10M$25.88M25.5350Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
MXL
MaxLinear
3.8909 of 5 stars
$15.76
+10.0%
$19.31
+22.5%
+17.8%$1.25B$360.53M-6.381,294Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
1.3478 of 5 stars
$29.43
+14.7%
$30.67
+4.2%
-17.2%$770.90M$696.16M-9.002,428News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CEVA
Ceva
2.0492 of 5 stars
$28.87
+7.3%
$35.60
+23.3%
+15.0%$642.67M$106.94M-68.74480
GSIT
GSI Technology
0.9906 of 5 stars
$4.83
+5.9%
N/A+241.9%$132.65M$20.52M-8.94180Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
QUIK
QuickLogic
1.8452 of 5 stars
$6.65
+8.7%
$10.87
+63.4%
-20.8%$100.53M$20.11M-14.1550
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8638 of 5 stars
$188.32
+2.8%
$213.37
+13.3%
+30.5%$4.45T$130.50B53.6536,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8288 of 5 stars
$356.70
+9.9%
$361.30
+1.3%
+98.4%$1.53T$51.57B90.9937,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MU
Micron Technology
4.8501 of 5 stars
$192.77
+6.2%
$194.57
+0.9%
+96.8%$203.84B$37.38B25.4053,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
INTC
Intel
3.0809 of 5 stars
$37.22
+2.3%
$27.60
-25.9%
+73.6%$159.19B$53.10B-7.80108,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.8159 of 5 stars
$175.11
+2.0%
$213.03
+21.7%
-14.6%$156.10B$15.64B32.0734,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:NVEC) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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