INTC vs. TXN, MU, ADI, AMAT, NXPI, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, and SWKS
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Texas Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Intel pays out 52.1% 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.
In the previous week, Intel had 26 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Intel and 29 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Intel's score of 0.43 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intel has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Intel's net margin of 7.36%. Texas Instruments' return on equity of 35.28% beat Intel's return on equity.
64.5% of Intel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Intel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intel received 1323 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Intel currently has a consensus target price of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 28.31%. Texas Instruments has a consensus target price of $182.48, indicating a potential downside of 6.43%. Given Intel's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intel is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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