STM vs. MPWR, ON, GFS, ASX, MCHP, UMC, SWKS, ALAB, QRVO, and LSCC
Should you be buying STMicroelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STMicroelectronics include Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Onsemi (ON), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), ASE Technology (ASX), Microchip Technology (MCHP), United Microelectronics (UMC), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Astera Labs (ALAB), Qorvo (QRVO), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 22.44% compared to Monolithic Power Systems' net margin of 22.30%. Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity of 22.95% beat STMicroelectronics' return on equity.
Monolithic Power Systems received 193 more outperform votes than STMicroelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave Monolithic Power Systems an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.
93.5% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus price target of $743.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.46%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus price target of $50.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Given Monolithic Power Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe STMicroelectronics is more favorable than Monolithic Power Systems.
In the previous week, Monolithic Power Systems had 31 more articles in the media than STMicroelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems and 3 mentions for STMicroelectronics. STMicroelectronics' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Monolithic Power Systems' score of 0.02 indicating that Monolithic Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Monolithic Power Systems. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monolithic Power Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STMicroelectronics pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Monolithic Power Systems has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and STMicroelectronics has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. STMicroelectronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Monolithic Power Systems beats STMicroelectronics on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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