TXN vs. AMAT, AMD, AVGO, MU, INTC, ADI, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, and FSLR
Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), and First Solar (FSLR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Applied Materials presently has a consensus price target of $215.64, indicating a potential upside of 0.26%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $182.48, indicating a potential downside of 6.43%. Given Texas Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Applied Materials pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Applied Materials has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Texas Instruments has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned 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.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Texas Instruments' net margin of 27.57%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 41.22% beat Applied Materials' return on equity.
Applied Materials received 476 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.11% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Texas Instruments had 8 more articles in the media than Applied Materials. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Texas Instruments and 23 mentions for Applied Materials. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Applied Materials' score of 0.66 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Applied Materials beats Texas Instruments on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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