SYNA vs. DIOD, WOLF, TSEM, SLAB, IPGP, SITM, FORM, POWI, KLIC, and SMTC
Should you be buying Synaptics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synaptics include Diodes (DIOD), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), SiTime (SITM), FormFactor (FORM), Power Integrations (POWI), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), and Semtech (SMTC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
99.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Synaptics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Diodes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Synaptics shares are held by company 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.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Synaptics. Synaptics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diodes presently has a consensus target price of $74.20, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Synaptics has a consensus target price of $117.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.54%. Given Diodes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Diodes.
In the previous week, Synaptics had 3 more articles in the media than Diodes. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Synaptics and 6 mentions for Diodes. Synaptics' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Diodes' score of 0.34 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Synaptics received 379 more outperform votes than Diodes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.49% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.
Diodes has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Diodes' net margin of -11.30%. Synaptics' return on equity of 9.11% beat Diodes' return on equity.
Diodes has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synaptics has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diodes beats Synaptics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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