Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) Competitors

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do analysts rate SLAB or SWKS?

Silicon Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $126.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.31%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus price target of $78.29, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Skyworks Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skyworks Solutions is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silicon Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Skyworks Solutions	3 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SLAB or SWKS?

85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Silicon Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SLAB or SWKS?

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLAB or SWKS?

Skyworks Solutions received 1018 more outperform votes than Silicon Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.43% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silicon Laboratories	Outperform Votes 704 67.76%	Underperform Votes 335 32.24%
Skyworks Solutions	Outperform Votes 1722 76.43%	Underperform Votes 531 23.57%

Does the media refer more to SLAB or SWKS?

In the previous week, Silicon Laboratories had 2 more articles in the media than Skyworks Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Silicon Laboratories and 17 mentions for Skyworks Solutions. Skyworks Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 0.68 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silicon Laboratories	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skyworks Solutions	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SLAB or SWKS more profitable?

Skyworks Solutions has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Silicon Laboratories' net margin of -32.69%. Skyworks Solutions' return on equity of 12.60% beat Silicon Laboratories' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories	-32.69%	-10.46%	-9.12%
Skyworks Solutions	13.02%	12.60%	9.67%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SLAB or SWKS?

Skyworks Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyworks Solutions, 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
Silicon Laboratories	$655.73M	6.20	-$191.01M	-$5.11	-24.43
Skyworks Solutions	$3.95B	2.71	$596M	$2.55	27.98

Summary

Skyworks Solutions beats Silicon Laboratories on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.