NXPI vs. MRVL, MCHP, STM, MPWR, ADI, ON, GFS, ASX, UMC, and SWKS
Should you be buying NXP Semiconductors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NXP Semiconductors include Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Analog Devices (ADI), Onsemi (ON), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), ASE Technology (ASX), United Microelectronics (UMC), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Marvell Technology has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marvell Technology received 375 more outperform votes than NXP Semiconductors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.95% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Marvell Technology an outperform vote.
83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marvell Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marvell Technology currently has a consensus price target of $81.28, suggesting a potential upside of 11.05%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $263.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.98%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Marvell Technology is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.
Marvell Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Marvell Technology pays out -22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.5% 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. NXP Semiconductors has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. NXP Semiconductors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 21.24% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of -16.95%. Marvell Technology's return on equity of 37.65% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.
In the previous week, Marvell Technology had 8 more articles in the media than NXP Semiconductors. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Marvell Technology and 21 mentions for NXP Semiconductors. Marvell Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.61 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats Marvell Technology on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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