SITM vs. MXL, AMBA, PLAB, VIAV, UCTT, SMTC, ICHR, OSIS, SIMO, and INDI
Should you be buying SiTime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SiTime include MaxLinear (MXL), Ambarella (AMBA), Photronics (PLAB), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Semtech (SMTC), Ichor (ICHR), OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), and indie Semiconductor (INDI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
MaxLinear has a net margin of -10.55% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -55.93%. SiTime's return on equity of 4.77% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiTime has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SiTime had 2 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SiTime and 6 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat SiTime's score of 0.15 indicating that SiTime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MaxLinear received 483 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.80% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote.
MaxLinear has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiTime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus price target of $26.09, indicating a potential upside of 31.64%. SiTime has a consensus price target of $142.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.65%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SiTime is more favorable than MaxLinear.
Summary
MaxLinear beats SiTime on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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