ADI vs. NXPI, TXN, MU, INTC, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, SWKS, and LSCC
Should you be buying Analog Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Analog Devices include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices pays out 86.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NXP Semiconductors has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $267.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.58%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $243.23, suggesting a potential upside of 3.73%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.
Analog Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NXP Semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analog Devices received 121 more outperform votes than NXP Semiconductors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.98% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 69.30% of users gave Analog Devices an outperform vote.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 21.24% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 20.45%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 37.65% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 9 more articles in the media than NXP Semiconductors. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Analog Devices and 19 mentions for NXP Semiconductors. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.72 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Analog Devices beats NXP Semiconductors on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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