INTC vs. MU, ADI, TXN, MCHP, MPWR, AMAT, NXPI, STM, AMD, and UBER
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Texas Instruments (TXN), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Micron Technology presently has a consensus price target of $125.64, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. Intel has a consensus price target of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 23.58%. Given Micron Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intel is more favorable than Micron Technology.
Intel has higher revenue and earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel has a net margin of 7.36% compared to Intel's net margin of -20.57%. Micron Technology's return on equity of 2.19% beat Intel's return on equity.
Micron Technology has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intel has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Micron Technology received 874 more outperform votes than Intel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.45% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 65.72% of users gave Intel an outperform vote.
Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Micron Technology pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intel pays out 52.1% 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. Micron Technology has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
80.8% of Micron Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Intel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Intel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Intel had 44 more articles in the media than Micron Technology. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Intel and 42 mentions for Micron Technology. Intel's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Micron Technology's score of 0.41 indicating that Micron Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Micron Technology beats Intel on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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