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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
Applied Materials received 476 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.09% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
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.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 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 increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Texas Instruments has increased 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.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Applied Materials presently has a consensus price target of $219.04, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $182.48, indicating a potential downside of 6.71%. Given Texas Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
In the previous week, Applied Materials had 16 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Applied Materials and 11 mentions for Texas Instruments. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.85 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Applied Materials beats Texas Instruments on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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