INTC vs. TXN, MU, ADI, AMAT, NXPI, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, FSLR, and SWKS
Should you be buying Intel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intel include Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Applied Materials (AMAT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Texas Instruments' net margin of 7.36%. Intel's return on equity of 35.28% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Texas Instruments presently has a consensus target price of $182.48, suggesting a potential downside of 6.38%. Intel has a consensus target price of $39.58, suggesting a potential upside of 31.38%. Given Texas Instruments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intel is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Intel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Intel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intel. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Intel had 33 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Intel and 30 mentions for Texas Instruments. Intel's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.48 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Intel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intel pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Intel received 1323 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.72% of users gave Intel an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intel has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Texas Instruments beats Intel on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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