IPG Photonics (IPGP) Competitors

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SLAB or IPGP?

IPG Photonics has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IPG Photonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silicon Laboratories	$782.26M	5.31	-$34.52M	-$3.31	-39.33
IPG Photonics	$1.29B	3.14	$218.88M	$3.88	22.84

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SLAB or IPGP?

93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SLAB or IPGP?

Silicon Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. IPG Photonics has a consensus price target of $110.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.59%. Given Silicon Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silicon Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
IPG Photonics	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, SLAB or IPGP?

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SLAB or IPGP?

In the previous week, IPG Photonics had 1 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IPG Photonics and 5 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. IPG Photonics' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 0.83 indicating that Silicon Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silicon Laboratories	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IPG Photonics	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLAB or IPGP?

Silicon Laboratories received 171 more outperform votes than IPG Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silicon Laboratories	Outperform Votes 691 68.48%	Underperform Votes 318 31.52%
IPG Photonics	Outperform Votes 520 66.33%	Underperform Votes 264 33.67%

Is SLAB or IPGP more profitable?

IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of -16.36%. Silicon Laboratories' return on equity of 7.67% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories	-16.36%	-4.45%	-3.77%
IPG Photonics	15.34%	7.67%	6.86%

Summary

IPG Photonics beats Silicon Laboratories on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.