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TXN vs. AAPL, AMD, AVGO, GOOGL, INTC, MSFT, MU, NVDA, NXPI, and ON

Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and ON Semiconductor (ON). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Texas Instruments vs. Its Competitors

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Texas Instruments$16.68B11.23$4.80B$5.4637.74
Apple$391.04B8.64$93.74B$6.5934.56

85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Texas Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Texas Instruments has a net margin of 30.23% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Texas Instruments30.23% 30.10% 14.45%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 260 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 296 mentions for Apple and 36 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Apple's score of 0.87 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Texas Instruments
32 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
174 Very Positive mention(s)
35 Positive mention(s)
56 Neutral mention(s)
19 Negative mention(s)
11 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Texas Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $212.21, suggesting a potential upside of 2.98%. Apple has a consensus target price of $237.98, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Texas Instruments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Texas Instruments
4 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Texas Instruments pays out 99.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Apple beats Texas Instruments on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TXN vs. The Competition

MetricTexas InstrumentsSEMI IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$187.34B$667.15B$29.55B$9.73B
Dividend Yield2.78%2.01%3.10%4.09%
P/E Ratio37.7449.6554.5225.96
Price / Sales11.237.411,254.47122.97
Price / Cash28.6525.7035.3358.38
Price / Book11.4210.339.586.39
Net Income$4.80B$8.67B$805.43M$265.56M
7 Day Performance5.91%4.45%1.58%1.98%
1 Month Performance-4.12%3.75%-0.11%1.33%
1 Year Performance1.12%9.15%24,107.89%21.15%

Texas Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.6596 of 5 stars
$206.06
+2.7%
$212.21
+3.0%
-3.7%$187.34B$16.68B37.7434,000Positive News
AAPL
Apple
4.6415 of 5 stars
$232.00
-0.6%
$237.60
+2.4%
-0.7%$3.44T$391.04B35.21164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.4108 of 5 stars
$181.78
-1.4%
$180.12
-0.9%
+3.7%$295.48B$25.79B104.6428,000Trending News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8398 of 5 stars
$311.58
+0.8%
$295.96
-5.0%
+74.7%$1.47T$57.05B116.9337,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9866 of 5 stars
$201.76
-0.1%
$211.53
+4.8%
+20.4%$2.44T$350.02B21.45183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
INTC
Intel
3.2966 of 5 stars
$22.08
-0.6%
$22.17
+0.4%
+9.8%$96.77B$53.10B-4.64108,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9213 of 5 stars
$522.56
+0.4%
$609.86
+16.7%
+18.9%$3.88T$281.72B38.30228,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
MU
Micron Technology
4.9821 of 5 stars
$124.10
-0.1%
$147.24
+18.6%
+6.9%$137.83B$25.11B22.1948,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5923 of 5 stars
$181.86
+0.1%
$186.33
+2.5%
+36.2%$4.44T$148.52B58.7336,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.7311 of 5 stars
$226.26
-1.8%
$256.05
+13.2%
-11.9%$57.09B$12.61B26.9933,100Positive News
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.327 of 5 stars
$50.22
-3.2%
$56.84
+13.2%
-36.3%$20.54B$7.08B46.9326,490Trending News

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