POWI vs. ADI, DIOD, LSCC, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, ON, SLAB, SYNA, and TXN
Should you be buying Power Integrations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Integrations include Analog Devices (ADI), Diodes (DIOD), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Synaptics (SYNA), and Texas Instruments (TXN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Power Integrations vs. Its Competitors
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of 8.56%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 9.56% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Power Integrations. Analog Devices is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Power Integrations shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Power Integrations pays out 129.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Analog Devices pays out 107.9% 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 Analog Devices has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Power Integrations presently has a consensus price target of $74.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.27%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $253.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Analog Devices.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 39 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Analog Devices and 1 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Analog Devices' score of 1.16 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Analog Devices beats Power Integrations on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
