Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) Competitors

Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Is FLEX or TSEM more profitable?

Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Flex's net margin of 3.95%. Flex's return on equity of 17.93% beat Tower Semiconductor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flex	3.95%	17.93%	5.00%
Tower Semiconductor	14.47%	8.11%	6.86%

Which has more volatility & risk, FLEX or TSEM?

Flex has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FLEX or TSEM?

Flex currently has a consensus target price of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Tower Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.67%. Given Tower Semiconductor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tower Semiconductor is more favorable than Flex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tower Semiconductor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLEX or TSEM?

Flex received 148 more outperform votes than Tower Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flex	Outperform Votes 559 62.74%	Underperform Votes 332 37.26%
Tower Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 411 75.00%	Underperform Votes 137 25.00%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FLEX or TSEM?

94.3% of Flex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FLEX or TSEM?

Flex has higher revenue and earnings than Tower Semiconductor. Flex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, 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
Flex	$25.81B	0.63	$1.01B	$2.12	19.94
Tower Semiconductor	$1.47B	3.11	$207.86M	$1.81	22.76

Does the media refer more to FLEX or TSEM?

In the previous week, Flex had 4 more articles in the media than Tower Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Flex and 27 mentions for Tower Semiconductor. Tower Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Flex's score of 0.43 indicating that Tower Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flex	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tower Semiconductor	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Flex beats Tower Semiconductor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.