POWI vs. SWKS, MTSI, ALTR, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, SMTC, DIOD, and AMBA
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC), Diodes (DIOD), and Ambarella (AMBA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Power Integrations vs. Its Competitors
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Power Integrations pays out 129.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Skyworks Solutions pays out 109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Power Integrations has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Skyworks Solutions has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Skyworks Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Power Integrations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Skyworks Solutions had 16 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Skyworks Solutions and 4 mentions for Power Integrations. Skyworks Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Power Integrations' score of 1.17 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skyworks Solutions has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 8.56%. Skyworks Solutions' return on equity of 11.53% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Power Integrations currently has a consensus price target of $74.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.19%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus price target of $79.06, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Skyworks Solutions.
Skyworks Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Skyworks Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Skyworks Solutions beats Power Integrations on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
