SYNA vs. DIOD, TSEM, SLAB, KLIC, FORM, CRUS, SITM, AMBA, VIAV, and OSIS
Should you be buying Synaptics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synaptics include Diodes (DIOD), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), FormFactor (FORM), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), SiTime (SITM), Ambarella (AMBA), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Synaptics vs.
Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
91.5% of Synaptics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Synaptics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Diodes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Synaptics presently has a consensus price target of $112.08, indicating a potential upside of 34.78%. Diodes has a consensus price target of $100.60, indicating a potential upside of 33.71%. Given Synaptics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Diodes.
Synaptics has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diodes has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Synaptics' net margin of 5.43%. Diodes' return on equity of 19.78% beat Synaptics' return on equity.
Synaptics received 369 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.23% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Synaptics. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synaptics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Synaptics had 1 more articles in the media than Diodes. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Synaptics and 6 mentions for Diodes. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Synaptics' score of 0.14 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diodes beats Synaptics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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