Cree (CREE) Competitors

Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, CREE or MXL?

Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CREE or MXL?

MaxLinear has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 173.90%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than Cree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MaxLinear	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is CREE or MXL more profitable?

MaxLinear has a net margin of -68.01% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. Cree's return on equity of -7.29% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cree	-83.60%	-7.29%	-4.50%
MaxLinear	-68.01%	-21.94%	-13.58%

Does the media refer more to CREE or MXL?

In the previous week, Cree had 5 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cree and 5 mentions for MaxLinear. Cree's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.14 indicating that Cree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cree	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MaxLinear	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CREE or MXL?

90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CREE or MXL?

Cree received 364 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cree	Outperform Votes 964 64.96%	Underperform Votes 520 35.04%
MaxLinear	Outperform Votes 600 72.29%	Underperform Votes 230 27.71%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CREE or MXL?

MaxLinear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cree. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cree, 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
Cree	$525.60M	0.60	-$523.90M	-$1.40	-1.94
MaxLinear	$360.53M	2.19	-$245.20M	-$2.93	-3.18

Summary

MaxLinear beats Cree on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.