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

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), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), and Analog Devices (ADI). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

NVE has a net margin of 57.71% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -55.53%. NVE's return on equity of 23.16% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NVE57.71% 23.16% 22.52%
MaxLinear -55.53%-18.16%-10.73%

66.0% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NVE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$25.88M11.86$15.06M$3.1120.40
MaxLinear$360.53M3.84-$245.20M-$2.47-6.62

NVE has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MaxLinear has a consensus target price of $18.69, suggesting a potential upside of 14.23%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than NVE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NVE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
MaxLinear
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

In the previous week, NVE had 2 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for NVE and 29 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat NVE's score of 0.38 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NVE
3 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MaxLinear
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NVE and MaxLinear tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NVEC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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NVEC vs. The Competition

MetricNVEELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$308.32M$39.54B$28.95B$9.50B
Dividend Yield6.28%2.25%3.02%4.01%
P/E Ratio21.1547.2534.2320.06
Price / Sales11.86268.551,721.5689.33
Price / Cash20.4494.0738.3858.56
Price / Book5.025.287.795.87
Net Income$15.06M$528.96M$782.91M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-20.37%-1.39%0.80%3.73%
1 Month Performance-14.62%3.36%6.12%11.75%
1 Year Performance-25.46%35.06%52,641.07%18.02%

NVE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVEC
NVE
1.9022 of 5 stars
$63.44
-0.5%
N/A-24.7%$308.32M$25.88M21.1550Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MXL
MaxLinear
3.8112 of 5 stars
$15.92
-1.7%
$18.44
+15.8%
+16.7%$1.37B$361.19M-6.051,294Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
2.5869 of 5 stars
$28.89
+0.8%
$30.67
+6.1%
-33.6%$842.74M$657.27M-37.042,332
CEVA
Ceva
2.4635 of 5 stars
$23.56
+1.4%
$35.60
+51.1%
+17.0%$555.68M$106.94M-84.14480
GSIT
GSI Technology
1.3828 of 5 stars
$5.49
-4.4%
N/A+65.1%$166.98M$20.52M0.00180Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
QUIK
QuickLogic
2.4589 of 5 stars
$6.23
+1.5%
$10.87
+74.4%
-43.7%$97.23M$20.11M0.0050News Coverage
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5476 of 5 stars
$171.38
-0.6%
$181.22
+5.7%
+54.5%$4.21T$130.50B56.5336,000Trending News
Insider Trade
AVGO
Broadcom
4.6357 of 5 stars
$288.21
+1.7%
$292.08
+1.3%
+94.4%$1.33T$51.57B107.9437,000Trending News
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.9225 of 5 stars
$214.57
-0.9%
$204.87
-4.5%
-6.2%$196.79B$15.64B40.7234,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MU
Micron Technology
4.9774 of 5 stars
$113.23
-1.0%
$146.44
+29.3%
+3.5%$128.02B$25.11B19.8948,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ADI
Analog Devices
4.8766 of 5 stars
$240.48
-0.6%
$258.89
+7.7%
+3.1%$120.02B$9.43B65.5324,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NVEC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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