POWI vs. ADI, COHU, DIOD, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, ON, SLAB, SYNA, and STM
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include Analog Devices (ADI), Cohu (COHU), Diodes (DIOD), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Synaptics (SYNA), and STMicroelectronics (STM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Power Integrations vs. Its Competitors
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Analog Devices is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analog Devices has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.85% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 7.59%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 10.32% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Analog Devices pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Power Integrations pays out 144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Analog Devices has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Power Integrations has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
86.8% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Power Integrations shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 22 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Analog Devices and 16 mentions for Power Integrations. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.43 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Analog Devices currently has a consensus price target of $275.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.60%. Power Integrations has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.29%. Given Power Integrations' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Analog Devices.
Summary
Analog Devices beats Power Integrations on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff