WOLF vs. DIOD, SYNA, FORM, TSEM, KLIC, POWI, IPGP, SIMO, SLAB, and OSIS
Should you be buying Wolfspeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolfspeed include Diodes (DIOD), Synaptics (SYNA), FormFactor (FORM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Power Integrations (POWI), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and OSI Systems (OSIS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Wolfspeed had 12 more articles in the media than Diodes. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Wolfspeed and 12 mentions for Diodes. Wolfspeed's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Diodes' score of 0.28 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diodes currently has a consensus price target of $72.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.28%. Wolfspeed has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.69%. Given Diodes' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Diodes.
99.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Diodes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Wolfspeed 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.
Diodes received 387 more outperform votes than Wolfspeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 31.40% of users gave Wolfspeed an outperform vote.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Wolfspeed. Wolfspeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diodes has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diodes has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Diodes' net margin of -87.35%. Wolfspeed's return on equity of 12.79% beat Diodes' return on equity.
Summary
Diodes beats Wolfspeed on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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