MPWR vs. MU, ADI, INTC, MRVL, MCHP, FSLR, SWKS, ALTR, MTSI, and LSCC
Should you be buying Monolithic Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monolithic Power Systems include Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Monolithic Power Systems vs.
Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Micron Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Micron Technology pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
93.5% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Micron Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Micron Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus price target of $866.17, indicating a potential upside of 31.02%. Micron Technology has a consensus price target of $134.96, indicating a potential upside of 36.62%. Given Micron Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Micron Technology is more favorable than Monolithic Power Systems.
In the previous week, Micron Technology had 37 more articles in the media than Monolithic Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Micron Technology and 44 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems. Micron Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Monolithic Power Systems' score of 0.36 indicating that Micron Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 80.95% compared to Micron Technology's net margin of 13.34%. Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity of 20.36% beat Micron Technology's return on equity.
Monolithic Power Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Micron Technology. Monolithic Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Micron Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Micron Technology received 2933 more outperform votes than Monolithic Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.57% of users gave Micron Technology an outperform vote while only 75.43% of users gave Monolithic Power Systems an outperform vote.
Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Micron Technology has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Micron Technology beats Monolithic Power Systems on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MPWR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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