RMBS vs. POWI, SLAB, CRUS, DIOD, MTSI, AMBA, MXL, LSCC, SWKS, and MPWR
Should you be buying Rambus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rambus include Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Diodes (DIOD), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), and Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Rambus vs.
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Power Integrations has higher revenue and earnings than Rambus. Power Integrations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rambus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.0% of Power Integrations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Rambus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Rambus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Power Integrations currently has a consensus price target of $86.43, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Rambus has a consensus price target of $55.17, suggesting a potential downside of 17.07%. Given Power Integrations' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Rambus.
In the previous week, Power Integrations had 5 more articles in the media than Rambus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Power Integrations and 8 mentions for Rambus. Rambus' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Power Integrations' score of 0.41 indicating that Rambus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Power Integrations has a net margin of 22.85% compared to Rambus' net margin of 11.76%. Rambus' return on equity of 21.75% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rambus has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Power Integrations received 32 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.02% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote while only 61.43% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote.
Summary
Power Integrations beats Rambus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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