SIMO vs. NXT, QRVO, OLED, LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, PI, LPL, and VIAV
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Universal Display (OLED), Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology vs.
Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Nextracker shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Nextracker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nextracker has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Nextracker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silicon Motion Technology received 763 more outperform votes than Nextracker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.38% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 72.31% of users gave Nextracker an outperform vote.
Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus target price of $77.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.03%. Nextracker has a consensus target price of $60.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.29%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Silicon Motion Technology is more favorable than Nextracker.
In the previous week, Nextracker had 7 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nextracker and 7 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Nextracker's score of 0.61 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nextracker has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of 11.29%. Nextracker's return on equity of 41.22% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextracker has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nextracker beats Silicon Motion Technology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIMO) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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