ARM (ARM) Competitors

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

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

71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of ARM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AMD or ARM?

Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus price target of $191.96, indicating a potential upside of 61.03%. ARM has a consensus price target of $150.32, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than ARM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advanced Micro Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	26 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
ARM	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AMD or ARM?

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
Advanced Micro Devices	$24.30B	7.96	$854M	$1.11	107.40
ARM	$3.54B	39.17	$306M	$0.60	220.25

Which has more risk & volatility, AMD or ARM?

Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARM has a beta of 4.67, indicating that its stock price is 367% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMD or ARM?

Advanced Micro Devices received 1923 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave ARM an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advanced Micro Devices	Outperform Votes 1978 62.63%	Underperform Votes 1180 37.37%
ARM	Outperform Votes 55 67.07%	Underperform Votes 27 32.93%

Is AMD or ARM 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
Advanced Micro Devices	7.52%	6.62%	5.46%
ARM	18.13%	13.69%	9.70%

Does the media favor AMD or ARM?

In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 8 more articles in the media than ARM. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 36 mentions for ARM. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ARM's score of 0.32 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advanced Micro Devices	21 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARM	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Advanced Micro Devices beats ARM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.