STM vs. ADI, DIOD, MCHP, MKSI, NVDA, NXPI, ON, POWI, VRT, and LHX
Should you be buying STMicroelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STMicroelectronics include Analog Devices (ADI), Diodes (DIOD), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NVIDIA (NVDA), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Power Integrations (POWI), Vertiv (VRT), and L3Harris Technologies (LHX).
STMicroelectronics vs. Its Competitors
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
STMicroelectronics currently has a consensus target price of $32.06, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Analog Devices has a consensus target price of $275.29, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than STMicroelectronics.
5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. STMicroelectronics pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 35 more articles in the media than STMicroelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Analog Devices and 7 mentions for STMicroelectronics. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.42 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.85% compared to STMicroelectronics' net margin of 5.49%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 10.32% beat STMicroelectronics' return on equity.
Analog Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STMicroelectronics. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Analog Devices beats STMicroelectronics on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:STM) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
