Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Competitors

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend ARM or AMD?

ARM presently has a consensus target price of $151.09, indicating a potential upside of 1.23%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus target price of $178.61, indicating a potential upside of 47.05%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than ARM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARM	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Advanced Micro Devices	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARM or AMD?

Advanced Micro Devices received 1928 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.86% of users gave ARM an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARM	Outperform Votes 57 67.86%	Underperform Votes 27 32.14%
Advanced Micro Devices	Outperform Votes 1985 62.60%	Underperform Votes 1186 37.40%

Which has more risk and volatility, ARM or AMD?

ARM has a beta of 4.53, indicating that its share price is 353% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ARM or AMD?

In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 73 more articles in the media than ARM. MarketBeat recorded 117 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 44 mentions for ARM. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ARM's score of 0.26 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARM	11 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Advanced Micro Devices	76 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARM or AMD more profitable?

ARM has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 7.52%. ARM's return on equity of 13.69% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARM	18.13%	13.69%	9.70%
Advanced Micro Devices	7.52%	6.62%	5.46%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARM or AMD?

Advanced Micro Devices has higher revenue and earnings than ARM. Advanced Micro Devices is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARM, 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
ARM	$3.23B	48.38	$306M	$0.60	248.77
Advanced Micro Devices	$22.68B	8.69	$854M	$1.11	109.42

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARM or AMD?

7.5% of ARM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Advanced Micro Devices beats ARM on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.