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

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

NVE vs.

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

90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of NVE shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NVE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MaxLinear presently has a consensus price target of $19.06, suggesting a potential upside of 78.32%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than NVE.

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

MaxLinear has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NVE had 24 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for NVE and 7 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat NVE's score of 1.04 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MaxLinear
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NVE
11 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

NVE has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
MaxLinear$361.19M2.50-$245.20M-$2.63-4.06
NVE$25.69M11.71$17.12M$3.1020.06

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
MaxLinear-68.01% -21.94% -13.58%
NVE 58.33%23.21%22.71%

Summary

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

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NVEC vs. The Competition

MetricNVESemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$300.86M$52.51B$23.81B$8.04B
Dividend Yield6.84%2.53%2.96%4.22%
P/E Ratio20.0639.4842.8118.83
Price / Sales11.7196.942,005.59106.72
Price / Cash21.2826.4934.7434.62
Price / Book4.786.346.304.33
Net Income$17.12M$760.21M$736.77M$247.97M
7 Day Performance6.38%2.58%2.71%2.71%
1 Month Performance-2.25%0.33%2.95%3.37%
1 Year Performance-21.93%10.61%52,706.98%5.80%

NVE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVEC
NVE
2.1882 of 5 stars
$62.20
+3.2%
N/A-25.9%$300.86M$25.69M20.0650Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
MXL
MaxLinear
3.922 of 5 stars
$9.91
-3.0%
$22.36
+125.6%
-46.8%$838.72M$360.53M-3.381,840Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CEVA
CEVA
3.0516 of 5 stars
$22.68
-1.3%
$36.60
+61.4%
+33.0%$542.28M$106.94M-61.30480Upcoming Earnings
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
2.6299 of 5 stars
$16.25
-6.3%
$35.67
+119.5%
-7.9%$477.99M$666.40M-20.312,450Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
QUIK
QuickLogic
1.5081 of 5 stars
$4.53
-1.5%
$11.53
+154.6%
-60.2%$71.57M$20.11M-45.3050Gap Up
GSIT
GSI Technology
0.8406 of 5 stars
$2.59
-0.8%
N/A-20.1%$66.31M$19.79M-5.18180Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8918 of 5 stars
$96.91
-4.5%
$165.51
+70.8%
+34.4%$2.36T$130.50B38.1426,200Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
AVGO
Broadcom
4.916 of 5 stars
$166.21
-2.8%
$231.28
+39.1%
+58.8%$781.51B$54.53B135.5720,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.8256 of 5 stars
$145.61
-1.9%
$206.86
+42.1%
-9.7%$132.49B$15.64B28.0633,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
ADI
Analog Devices
4.9445 of 5 stars
$174.99
-0.7%
$254.05
+45.2%
-0.1%$86.79B$9.34B55.7324,400Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
INTC
Intel
2.9388 of 5 stars
$18.84
-0.5%
$25.00
+32.7%
-34.2%$82.15B$53.10B-4.30131,900Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:NVEC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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