AUO vs. UMC, ENPH, SWKS, ALAB, LSCC, QRVO, AMKR, MTSI, CRUS, and RMBS
Should you be buying AU Optronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AU Optronics include United Microelectronics (UMC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Astera Labs (ALAB), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Qorvo (QRVO), Amkor Technology (AMKR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Rambus (RMBS).
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 24.79% compared to United Microelectronics' net margin of -0.59%. AU Optronics' return on equity of 15.60% beat United Microelectronics' return on equity.
United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AU Optronics has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Microelectronics had 3 more articles in the media than AU Optronics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United Microelectronics and 0 mentions for AU Optronics. AU Optronics' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat United Microelectronics' score of 0.00 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Microelectronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AU Optronics. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AU Optronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AU Optronics received 122 more outperform votes than United Microelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave AU Optronics an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.
United Microelectronics currently has a consensus price target of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given AU Optronics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than AU Optronics.
5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of AU Optronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of AU Optronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. AU Optronics pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. United Microelectronics pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AU Optronics pays out 32.4% 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. United Microelectronics has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. United Microelectronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
United Microelectronics beats AU Optronics on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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