SMTC vs. AMBA, DIOD, MXL, SLAB, POWI, AOSL, CRUS, RMBS, MTSI, and LSCC
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include Ambarella (AMBA), Diodes (DIOD), MaxLinear (MXL), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) 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, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Semtech has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.1% of Ambarella shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Semtech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambarella has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Semtech. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ambarella has a net margin of -74.81% compared to Semtech's net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of -9.41% beat Ambarella's return on equity.
Ambarella received 138 more outperform votes than Semtech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.77% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
Semtech presently has a consensus target price of $40.35, suggesting a potential downside of 0.47%. Ambarella has a consensus target price of $71.08, suggesting a potential upside of 41.18%. Given Ambarella's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than Semtech.
In the previous week, Ambarella had 5 more articles in the media than Semtech. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ambarella and 6 mentions for Semtech. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Ambarella's score of 0.77 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Semtech and Ambarella tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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