SIMO vs. SITM, KLIC, OSIS, UCTT, HIMX, ALAB, QRVO, LSCC, AMKR, and MTSI
Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include SiTime (SITM), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), OSI Systems (OSIS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Astera Labs (ALAB), Qorvo (QRVO), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Amkor Technology (AMKR), and MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Silicon Motion Technology had 2 more articles in the media than SiTime. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology and 2 mentions for SiTime. SiTime's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Silicon Motion Technology's score of 0.75 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicon Motion Technology received 734 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.46% of users gave Silicon Motion Technology an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote.
84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 8.34% compared to Silicon Motion Technology's net margin of -66.88%. SiTime's return on equity of 7.78% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.
SiTime presently has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.76%. Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $91.13, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. Given Silicon Motion Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SiTime is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.
Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicon Motion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SiTime has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Silicon Motion Technology beats SiTime on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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