POWI vs. FORM, ALGM, CCMP, VIAV, LSCC, MTSI, ALTR, CRUS, RMBS, and DIOD
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include FormFactor (FORM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), CMC Materials (CCMP), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), and Diodes (DIOD).
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
FormFactor has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. FormFactor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Power Integrations currently has a consensus target price of $87.40, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. FormFactor has a consensus target price of $51.44, suggesting a potential upside of 0.40%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than FormFactor.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 4 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for FormFactor and 6 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat FormFactor's score of 0.87 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FormFactor received 47 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 12.28%. Power Integrations' return on equity of 6.13% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
Summary
FormFactor beats Power Integrations on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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