POWI vs. FORM, CCMP, ALGM, VIAV, SWKS, LSCC, ALTR, MTSI, CRUS, and RMBS
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include FormFactor (FORM), CMC Materials (CCMP), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Rambus (RMBS).
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Power Integrations presently has a consensus price target of $87.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.98%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $48.40, indicating a potential downside of 11.55%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than FormFactor.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. FormFactor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FormFactor received 47 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
FormFactor has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 12.28%. Power Integrations' return on equity of 6.13% beat FormFactor's return on equity.
In the previous week, FormFactor had 1 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FormFactor and 10 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat FormFactor's score of 0.32 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Power Integrations and FormFactor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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