AMAT vs. TXN, MU, INTC, ADI, AMD, NXPI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, and INTU
Should you be buying Applied Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Materials include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), and Intuit (INTU). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Applied Materials currently has a consensus target price of $215.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. Texas Instruments has a consensus target price of $180.57, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given Applied Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Applied Materials had 37 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Applied Materials and 34 mentions for Texas Instruments. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.44 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Materials received 476 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.11% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 27.57%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 42.43% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Summary
Applied Materials beats Texas Instruments on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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