AMBA vs. MXL, DQ, SMTC, CSIQ, AOSL, XPER, DIOD, SLAB, POWI, and CRUS Should you be buying Ambarella stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambarella include MaxLinear (MXL), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Semtech (SMTC), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Xperi (XPER), Diodes (DIOD), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL ) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
MaxLinear has higher revenue and earnings than Ambarella. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MaxLinear has a net margin of -28.70% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -74.81%. Ambarella's return on equity of -4.75% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ambarella had 3 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ambarella and 1 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Ambarella's score of 0.67 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MaxLinear currently has a consensus price target of $25.70, suggesting a potential upside of 30.66%. Ambarella has a consensus price target of $71.08, suggesting a potential upside of 42.00%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than MaxLinear.
Ambarella received 243 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary MaxLinear beats Ambarella on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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