ALTR vs. MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, SWKS, MTSI, LSCC, RMBS, SMTC, CRUS, and SLAB
Should you be buying Altair Engineering stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altair Engineering include Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Semtech (SMTC), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Altair Engineering vs.
Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) and Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Microchip Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Altair Engineering. Microchip Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altair Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microchip Technology has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Microchip Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Microchip Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Microchip Technology has a net margin of 14.22% compared to Altair Engineering's net margin of 5.10%. Microchip Technology's return on equity of 19.47% beat Altair Engineering's return on equity.
Microchip Technology received 369 more outperform votes than Altair Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.75% of users gave Microchip Technology an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Altair Engineering an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Microchip Technology had 14 more articles in the media than Altair Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Microchip Technology and 2 mentions for Altair Engineering. Altair Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Microchip Technology's score of 0.77 indicating that Altair Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altair Engineering currently has a consensus price target of $100.71, indicating a potential downside of 8.95%. Microchip Technology has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.27%. Given Microchip Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Microchip Technology is more favorable than Altair Engineering.
Altair Engineering pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Microchip Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Altair Engineering pays out 189.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Microchip Technology pays out 127.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Microchip Technology has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Microchip Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Microchip Technology beats Altair Engineering on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALTR) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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