NXPI vs. XLNX, STM, MXIM, AMD, TXN, AMAT, ARM, INTC, MU, and ADI
Should you be buying NXP Semiconductors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NXP Semiconductors include Xilinx (XLNX), STMicroelectronics (STM), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), Applied Materials (AMAT), ARM (ARM), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), and Analog Devices (ADI).
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus price target of $294.89, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Xilinx.
NXP Semiconductors received 344 more outperform votes than Xilinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.85% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Xilinx an outperform vote.
Xilinx has a net margin of 25.26% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 21.21%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 35.65% beat Xilinx's return on equity.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 62 more articles in the media than Xilinx. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 0 mentions for Xilinx. Xilinx's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.24 indicating that Xilinx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xilinx has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Xilinx. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xilinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Xilinx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Xilinx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Xilinx pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xilinx pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NXP Semiconductors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats Xilinx on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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