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Cree (CREE) Competitors

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CREE vs. AMBA, SMTC, DIOD, MXL, AOSL, CEVA, NVEC, QUIK, GSIT, and NVDA

Should you be buying Cree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cree include Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), Diodes (DIOD), MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), CEVA (CEVA), NVE (NVEC), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), and NVIDIA (NVDA). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

Cree vs.

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

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
Ambarella-62.38% -23.52% -19.93%
Cree -83.60%-7.29%-4.50%

Cree received 111 more outperform votes than Ambarella when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.91% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Cree an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmbarellaOutperform Votes
853
67.91%
Underperform Votes
403
32.09%
CreeOutperform Votes
964
64.96%
Underperform Votes
520
35.04%

In the previous week, Ambarella had 18 more articles in the media than Cree. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Ambarella and 25 mentions for Cree. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Cree's score of 0.29 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ambarella
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cree
11 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

Ambarella has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ambarella$284.87M7.92-$169.42M-$2.84-19.06
Cree$525.60M1.14-$523.90M-$1.40-3.70

Ambarella presently has a consensus target price of $86.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.12%. Given Ambarella's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ambarella is more favorable than Cree.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ambarella
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Cree
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

Summary

Ambarella beats Cree on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CREE vs. The Competition

MetricCreeSemiconductors & Related Devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$600.28M$52.48B$24.11B$8.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.16%2.78%3.97%
P/E Ratio-1.1140.5843.7018.99
Price / Sales1.1439.802,601.08107.51
Price / Cash7,693.8926.4934.5534.62
Price / Book0.285.976.184.20
Net Income-$523.90M$751.41M$733.95M$246.82M

Cree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CREE
Cree
0.343 of 5 stars
$5.18
-10.4%
N/A-79.7%$600.28M$525.60M-1.113,466News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AMBA
Ambarella
3.4502 of 5 stars
$75.84
-3.0%
$85.42
+12.6%
-0.6%$3.16B$252.47M-19.65900Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
SMTC
Semtech
3.9391 of 5 stars
$36.67
-1.2%
$67.91
+85.2%
+59.6%$2.78B$868.76M-2.811,917
DIOD
Diodes
2.7017 of 5 stars
$54.26
-3.3%
$63.33
+16.7%
-31.9%$2.51B$1.31B57.128,635
MXL
MaxLinear
4.2835 of 5 stars
$15.75
-5.1%
$25.50
+61.9%
-32.5%$1.33B$360.53M-5.381,294
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
2.9756 of 5 stars
$31.63
-7.2%
$38.67
+22.2%
+20.9%$930.40M$666.40M-39.542,332
CEVA
CEVA
1.6877 of 5 stars
$33.69
-2.3%
$36.60
+8.6%
+35.5%$796.10M$106.94M-91.05480
NVEC
NVE
2.8402 of 5 stars
$71.72
-2.8%
N/A-24.6%$347.13M$29.80M23.1450Positive News
QUIK
QuickLogic
1.7845 of 5 stars
$6.93
-5.1%
$11.53
+66.4%
-65.0%$101.92M$21.89M-69.3050Analyst Revision
GSIT
GSI Technology
1.0008 of 5 stars
$3.14
-7.4%
N/A-26.1%$80.38M$21.76M-6.28180
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9551 of 5 stars
$130.28
-3.1%
$168.21
+29.1%
+38.6%$3.19T$60.92B51.2729,600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:CREE) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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