SIMO vs. OLED, NXT, LITE, TSEM, ALGM, SITM, LPL, PI, LUNR, and VIAV
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include Universal Display (OLED), Nextracker (NXT), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Silicon Motion Technology vs.
Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) 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, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Universal Display has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.2% of Universal Display shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Universal Display shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Display has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Display has a net margin of 36.98% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of 11.29%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.75% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Silicon Motion Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Universal Display pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silicon Motion Technology pays out 74.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Silicon Motion Technology received 285 more outperform votes than Universal Display when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.43% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote.
Universal Display presently has a consensus target price of $199.57, suggesting a potential upside of 40.10%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $80.63, suggesting a potential upside of 48.48%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Silicon Motion Technology is more favorable than Universal Display.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Universal Display. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 19 mentions for Universal Display. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Universal Display's score of 0.09 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Universal Display and Silicon Motion Technology tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIMO) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff