Cree (CREE) Competitors

Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CREE or AMBA?

Ambarella has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cree. Ambarella 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	1.32	-$523.90M	-$1.40	-4.29
Ambarella	$226.47M	13.97	-$169.42M	-$3.86	-19.65

Is CREE or AMBA more profitable?

Ambarella has a net margin of -62.38% compared to Cree's net margin of -83.60%. Cree's return on equity of -7.29% beat Ambarella's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cree	-83.60%	-7.29%	-4.50%
Ambarella	-62.38%	-23.52%	-19.93%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CREE or AMBA?

82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CREE or AMBA?

Cree received 114 more outperform votes than Ambarella when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.89% of users gave Ambarella 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%
Ambarella	Outperform Votes 850 67.89%	Underperform Votes 402 32.11%

Which has more risk & volatility, CREE or AMBA?

Cree has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CREE or AMBA?

In the previous week, Cree had 2 more articles in the media than Ambarella. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cree and 10 mentions for Ambarella. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cree	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ambarella	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CREE or AMBA?

Ambarella has a consensus price target of $85.42, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Ambarella's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ambarella 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
Ambarella	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Ambarella beats Cree on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.