Power Integrations (POWI) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, SLAB or POWI?

Power Integrations has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, 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
Power Integrations	$429.93M	10.14	$55.74M	$0.92	83.47

Do analysts rate SLAB or POWI?

Silicon Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. Power Integrations has a consensus target price of $87.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Given Silicon Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Power Integrations 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
Power Integrations	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk & volatility, SLAB or POWI?

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SLAB or POWI?

In the previous week, Power Integrations had 9 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Power Integrations and 6 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 0.73 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Power Integrations	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLAB or POWI?

Silicon Laboratories received 274 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silicon Laboratories	Outperform Votes 691 68.48%	Underperform Votes 318 31.52%
Power Integrations	Outperform Votes 417 63.09%	Underperform Votes 244 36.91%

Is SLAB or POWI more profitable?

Power Integrations has a net margin of 12.28% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of -16.36%. Silicon Laboratories' return on equity of 6.13% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories	-16.36%	-4.45%	-3.77%
Power Integrations	12.28%	6.13%	5.57%

Summary

Power Integrations beats Silicon Laboratories on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.