POWI vs. SWKS, ALTR, MTSI, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, SMTC, AMBA, and DIOD
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC), Ambarella (AMBA), and Diodes (DIOD). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Power Integrations vs.
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) and Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Skyworks Solutions has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 7.69%. Skyworks Solutions' return on equity of 12.60% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Power Integrations has increased its dividend for 12 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. 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Power Integrations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Skyworks Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Skyworks Solutions and 13 mentions for Power Integrations. Skyworks Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.99 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Skyworks Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $78.29, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Power Integrations has a consensus target price of $74.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.86%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Skyworks Solutions.
Skyworks Solutions received 1291 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.43% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.92% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Summary
Skyworks Solutions beats Power Integrations on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
