SWKS vs. MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, ALTR, MTSI, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, and SMTC
Should you be buying Skyworks Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyworks Solutions include Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and Semtech (SMTC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Skyworks Solutions vs.
Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Skyworks Solutions received 764 more outperform votes than Microchip Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.43% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 68.82% of users gave Microchip Technology an outperform vote.
Microchip Technology presently has a consensus price target of $68.37, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus price target of $78.29, indicating a potential upside of 4.46%. Given Skyworks Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skyworks Solutions is more favorable than Microchip Technology.
Microchip Technology has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of Microchip Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Microchip Technology 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Microchip Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Microchip Technology pays out -18,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Skyworks Solutions pays out 109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Microchip Technology has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Skyworks Solutions has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Skyworks Solutions has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Microchip Technology's net margin of 6.49%. Microchip Technology's return on equity of 12.62% beat Skyworks Solutions' return on equity.
Microchip Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Skyworks Solutions. Microchip Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyworks Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Microchip Technology had 21 more articles in the media than Skyworks Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Microchip Technology and 8 mentions for Skyworks Solutions. Skyworks Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Microchip Technology's score of 1.13 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Microchip Technology beats Skyworks Solutions on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWKS) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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