SLAB vs. ADI, CLFD, DIOD, LSCC, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, POWI, SYNA, and TER
Should you be buying Silicon Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Laboratories include Analog Devices (ADI), Clearfield (CLFD), Diodes (DIOD), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Power Integrations (POWI), Synaptics (SYNA), and Teradyne (TER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicon Laboratories vs. Its Competitors
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to Silicon Laboratories' net margin of -25.16%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 9.56% beat Silicon Laboratories' return on equity.
86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Silicon Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 42 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Analog Devices and 2 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 1.08 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analog Devices presently has a consensus target price of $251.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.30%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus target price of $126.50, indicating a potential downside of 17.62%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.
Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Analog Devices beats Silicon Laboratories on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SLAB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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