TXN vs. MU, INTC, ADI, MCHP, STM, AVGO, AMAT, AMD, NXPI, and VZ
Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Broadcom (AVGO), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Verizon Communications (VZ). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
80.8% of Micron Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Texas Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Micron Technology. Micron Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Micron Technology pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Micron Technology has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Texas Instruments has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Micron Technology presently has a consensus target price of $124.60, indicating a potential downside of 2.57%. Texas Instruments has a consensus target price of $180.57, indicating a potential downside of 7.39%. Given Texas Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Micron Technology is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Micron Technology received 2196 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.45% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Texas Instruments' net margin of -20.57%. Micron Technology's return on equity of 35.28% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Micron Technology has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Texas Instruments had 4 more articles in the media than Micron Technology. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Texas Instruments and 35 mentions for Micron Technology. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Micron Technology's score of 0.49 indicating that Micron Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Micron Technology on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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