POWI vs. SWKS, ALTR, MTSI, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, AMBA, SMTC, and DIOD
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Ambarella (AMBA), Semtech (SMTC), and Diodes (DIOD). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Power Integrations vs.
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Skyworks Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Skyworks Solutions and 5 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Skyworks Solutions' score of 0.52 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Power Integrations pays out 147.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Skyworks Solutions pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Power Integrations has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Skyworks Solutions has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Skyworks Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Skyworks Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Skyworks Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Skyworks Solutions received 1294 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.64% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.94% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Skyworks Solutions has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 7.69%. Skyworks Solutions' return on equity of 12.60% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Power Integrations presently has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus target price of $83.78, suggesting a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Skyworks Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skyworks Solutions is more favorable than Power Integrations.
Summary
Skyworks Solutions beats Power Integrations on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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