MXL vs. RMBS, POWI, SLAB, DIOD, SMTC, AMBA, AOSL, SPWR, CEVA, and NVEC
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Ambarella (AMBA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SunPower (SPWR), CEVA (CEVA), and NVE (NVEC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
MaxLinear received 200 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote.
Rambus has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rambus has a net margin of 78.14% compared to Rambus' net margin of -28.70%. MaxLinear's return on equity of 16.99% beat Rambus' return on equity.
Rambus currently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.77%. MaxLinear has a consensus target price of $25.70, indicating a potential upside of 44.63%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rambus is more favorable than MaxLinear.
Rambus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rambus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.5% of Rambus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Rambus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rambus had 3 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rambus and 3 mentions for MaxLinear. Rambus' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat MaxLinear's score of 1.36 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rambus beats MaxLinear on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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