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

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), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analog Devices (ADI), and Micron Technology (MU). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

NVE vs.

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

In the previous week, NVE had 21 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for NVE and 13 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat NVE's score of 0.96 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)
30 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MaxLinear
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$25.87M13.68$17.12M$3.1123.52
MaxLinear$361.19M2.73-$245.20M-$2.63-4.44

NVE has a net margin of 58.33% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -68.01%. NVE's return on equity of 23.21% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NVE58.33% 23.21% 22.71%
MaxLinear -68.01%-21.94%-13.58%

MaxLinear has a consensus price target of $19.06, indicating a potential upside of 63.35%. 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)
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

NVE has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MaxLinear received 399 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NVEOutperform Votes
204
56.98%
Underperform Votes
154
43.02%
MaxLinearOutperform Votes
603
72.22%
Underperform Votes
232
27.78%

65.9% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MaxLinear beats NVE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVEC vs. The Competition

MetricNVESemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$353.88M$59.20B$25.09B$8.39B
Dividend Yield5.63%2.19%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio23.6040.8844.3819.71
Price / Sales13.6844.392,068.55120.55
Price / Cash21.2826.4934.7834.62
Price / Book5.626.866.704.50
Net Income$17.12M$760.21M$739.31M$248.22M
7 Day Performance3.00%-2.20%-0.32%0.56%
1 Month Performance27.63%21.14%13.46%13.17%
1 Year Performance-5.70%32.51%52,670.39%7.30%

NVE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVEC
NVE
2.4973 of 5 stars
$73.16
+2.6%
N/A-5.7%$353.88M$25.87M23.6050Ex-Dividend
Gap Up
MXL
MaxLinear
3.8335 of 5 stars
$12.24
+7.7%
$19.06
+55.7%
-38.0%$1.04B$361.19M-4.181,840Positive News
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
3.2599 of 5 stars
$23.83
+9.5%
$32.33
+35.7%
-23.0%$700.96M$680.97M-29.792,450Gap Down
CEVA
CEVA
2.7071 of 5 stars
$21.51
+7.1%
$35.60
+65.5%
-1.2%$514.30M$106.94M-58.13480Positive News
High Trading Volume
QUIK
QuickLogic
1.7297 of 5 stars
$6.38
+8.1%
$11.53
+80.8%
-56.7%$100.80M$20.11M-63.8050Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
GSIT
GSI Technology
0.3183 of 5 stars
$3.53
+2.3%
N/A+13.4%$90.38M$20.52M-7.06180Gap Up
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.7776 of 5 stars
$123.00
+5.4%
$164.84
+34.0%
+39.9%$3.01T$130.50B48.4126,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AVGO
Broadcom
4.7454 of 5 stars
$221.58
+6.4%
$229.48
+3.6%
+65.6%$1.04T$54.53B180.7420,000Trending News
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.5536 of 5 stars
$187.28
+8.7%
$189.41
+1.1%
-11.0%$156.50B$16.05B36.0833,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
ADI
Analog Devices
4.8719 of 5 stars
$223.15
+7.5%
$250.19
+12.1%
-11.8%$110.68B$9.34B71.0724,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MU
Micron Technology
4.9324 of 5 stars
$92.29
+7.5%
$126.48
+37.0%
-24.9%$103.14B$31.32B26.6048,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:NVEC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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