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NVEC vs. MXL, AOSL, CEVA, QUIK, GSIT, NVDA, AVGO, TXN, ADI, and INTC

Should you be buying NVE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVE include MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), CEVA (CEVA), QuickLogic (QUIK), GSI Technology (GSIT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analog Devices (ADI), and Intel (INTC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

NVE vs.

MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) and NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

NVE has a net margin of 58.33% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -68.01%. NVE's return on equity of 23.21% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MaxLinear-68.01% -21.94% -13.58%
NVE 58.33%23.21%22.71%

MaxLinear received 396 more outperform votes than NVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.29% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave NVE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MaxLinearOutperform Votes
600
72.29%
Underperform Votes
230
27.71%
NVEOutperform Votes
204
56.98%
Underperform Votes
154
43.02%

MaxLinear has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVE has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NVE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MaxLinear$360.53M2.40-$245.20M-$2.93-3.48
NVE$25.69M11.05$17.12M$3.1018.93

In the previous week, NVE had 44 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for NVE and 7 mentions for MaxLinear. NVE's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.14 indicating that NVE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MaxLinear
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NVE
8 Very Positive mention(s)
36 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of NVE shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NVE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MaxLinear presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 149.76%. Given MaxLinear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MaxLinear is more favorable than NVE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MaxLinear
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
NVE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

MaxLinear and NVE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NVEC vs. The Competition

MetricNVESemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$283.79M$45.94B$21.72B$7.50B
Dividend Yield5.96%2.40%2.84%4.05%
P/E Ratio18.9334.6039.6118.08
Price / Sales11.0543.761,979.3186.83
Price / Cash21.2826.4934.5934.64
Price / Book4.515.715.723.99
Net Income$17.12M$751.41M$733.91M$247.18M
7 Day Performance-9.72%-8.40%-3.21%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-8.50%-13.73%49,978.72%-6.87%
1 Year Performance-31.78%3.10%52,540.21%-3.73%

NVE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVEC
NVE
1.2697 of 5 stars
$57.28
-2.4%
N/A-31.6%$277.12M$25.69M18.4850Gap Down
MXL
MaxLinear
4.1095 of 5 stars
$10.86
-1.2%
$25.50
+134.8%
-52.8%$919.13M$360.53M-3.711,840Gap Down
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
2.7297 of 5 stars
$24.86
-4.5%
$38.67
+55.5%
-11.6%$765.67M$666.40M-31.082,450News Coverage
Gap Down
CEVA
CEVA
2.4023 of 5 stars
$25.61
-1.3%
$36.60
+42.9%
-1.8%$612.34M$106.94M-69.21480Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
QUIK
QuickLogic
2.1897 of 5 stars
$5.11
-4.5%
$11.53
+125.7%
-69.5%$79.37M$20.11M-51.1050Gap Down
GSIT
GSI Technology
0.4551 of 5 stars
$2.03
-5.1%
N/A-60.9%$51.97M$19.79M-4.06180Gap Down
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8388 of 5 stars
$108.38
-1.2%
$171.51
+58.3%
+14.4%$2.64T$130.50B42.6526,200Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
AVGO
Broadcom
4.9751 of 5 stars
$167.43
-1.0%
$231.48
+38.3%
+13.0%$787.25B$54.53B136.5720,000Positive News
Gap Down
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.9296 of 5 stars
$179.70
+1.9%
$209.20
+16.4%
-3.6%$163.51B$15.64B34.6234,000Positive News
Gap Down
ADI
Analog Devices
4.934 of 5 stars
$201.67
+0.1%
$255.41
+26.6%
-7.4%$100.02B$9.34B64.2324,400Positive News
Gap Down
INTC
Intel
3.8201 of 5 stars
$22.71
flat
$27.04
+19.1%
-44.4%$98.33B$53.10B-5.18108,900Options Volume
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:NVEC) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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