Adeia (ADEA) Competitors

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and TIM (NYSE:TIMB) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts prefer ADEA or TIMB?

Adeia presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. TIM has a consensus price target of $17.57, suggesting a potential upside of 44.40%. Given TIM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TIM is more favorable than Adeia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ADEA or TIMB?

TIM has higher revenue and earnings than Adeia. TIM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Adeia	$388.79M	3.63	$67.37M	$0.36	35.89
TIM	$4.77B	N/A	$568.34M	$1.26	9.65

Does the media refer more to ADEA or TIMB?

In the previous week, Adeia had 2 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Adeia and 6 mentions for TIM. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat TIM's score of -0.36 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adeia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TIM	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADEA or TIMB?

Adeia received 1 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.89% of users gave Adeia an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adeia	Outperform Votes 16 88.89%	Underperform Votes 2 11.11%
TIM	Outperform Votes 15 30.00%	Underperform Votes 35 70.00%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ADEA or TIMB?

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Adeia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADEA or TIMB a better dividend stock?

Adeia pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Adeia pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TIM pays out 54.8% 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. TIM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, ADEA or TIMB?

Adeia has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TIM has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADEA or TIMB more profitable?

TIM has a net margin of 12.71% compared to Adeia's net margin of 12.01%. Adeia's return on equity of 28.37% beat TIM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adeia	12.01%	28.37%	9.44%
TIM	12.71%	11.73%	5.51%

Summary

Adeia beats TIM on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.