SIMO vs. DRS, LITE, TSEM, QRVO, SITM, OLED, PI, LPL, ALGM, and PL
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Qorvo (QRVO), SiTime (SITM), Universal Display (OLED), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology vs. Its Competitors
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Silicon Motion Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Leonardo DRS pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Silicon Motion Technology pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Leonardo DRS pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus target price of $96.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.43%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus target price of $46.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.84%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 11 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 3 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.65 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 7.31%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 11.02% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats Leonardo DRS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIMO) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff