IDCC vs. KLIC, SIMO, RUM, ALKT, PRFT, SMTC, ZD, RNG, LITE, and YELP
Should you be buying InterDigital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterDigital include Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Rumble (RUM), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Perficient (PRFT), Semtech (SMTC), Ziff Davis (ZD), RingCentral (RNG), Lumentum (LITE), and Yelp (YELP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
InterDigital has a net margin of 31.18% compared to InterDigital's net margin of -8.94%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of 32.57% beat InterDigital's return on equity.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. InterDigital has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.59%. Given InterDigital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than InterDigital.
98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
InterDigital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterDigital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kulicke and Soffa Industries had 1 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries and 6 mentions for InterDigital. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 0.41 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. InterDigital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries pays out -67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterDigital pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and InterDigital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
InterDigital received 9 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.85% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kulicke and Soffa Industries and InterDigital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IDCC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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