MXL vs. SLAB, POWI, AMBA, SMTC, DIOD, AOSL, CEVA, NVEC, QUIK, and GSIT
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Power Integrations (POWI), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), Diodes (DIOD), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), CEVA (CEVA), NVE (NVEC), QuickLogic (QUIK), and GSI Technology (GSIT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
MaxLinear vs.
MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.
Silicon Laboratories has a net margin of -32.69% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -68.01%. Silicon Laboratories' return on equity of -10.46% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MaxLinear presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 63.99%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus target price of $136.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.55%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.
Silicon Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than MaxLinear. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Silicon Laboratories had 1 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Silicon Laboratories and 10 mentions for MaxLinear. Silicon Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.44 indicating that Silicon Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicon Laboratories received 99 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 68.00% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote.
Summary
Silicon Laboratories beats MaxLinear on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MXL) was last updated on 2/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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