SiTime (SITM) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SITM or UMC?

84.3% of SiTime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of SiTime shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SITM or UMC?

In the previous week, SiTime had 1 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SiTime and 11 mentions for United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat SiTime's score of 1.44 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
United Microelectronics	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer SITM or UMC?

SiTime currently has a consensus target price of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.10%. United Microelectronics has a consensus target price of $7.40, suggesting a potential downside of 5.85%. Given SiTime's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SiTime is more favorable than United Microelectronics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
United Microelectronics	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SITM or UMC?

United Microelectronics received 263 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 115 67.65%	Underperform Votes 55 32.35%
United Microelectronics	Outperform Votes 378 61.36%	Underperform Votes 238 38.64%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SITM or UMC?

United Microelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Microelectronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SiTime	$229.99M	21.30	-$93.60M	-$3.80	-54.35
United Microelectronics	$235.53B	0.08	$1.44B	$0.54	14.56

Which has more volatility and risk, SITM or UMC?

SiTime has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SITM or UMC more profitable?

United Microelectronics has a net margin of 20.35% compared to SiTime's net margin of -46.18%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 12.78% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-46.18%	-10.12%	-7.86%
United Microelectronics	20.35%	12.78%	8.16%

Summary

United Microelectronics beats SiTime on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.