POWI vs. SWKS, ALTR, LSCC, MTSI, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, SMTC, AMBA, 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), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC), Ambarella (AMBA), and Diodes (DIOD). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Power Integrations vs.
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) and Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Skyworks Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $83.78, suggesting a potential upside of 26.36%. Power Integrations has a consensus price target of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.99%. Given Power Integrations' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Skyworks Solutions.
Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Power Integrations pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Power Integrations has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Skyworks Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Integrations has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Skyworks Solutions had 40 more articles in the media than Power Integrations. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Skyworks Solutions and 10 mentions for Power Integrations. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Skyworks Solutions' score of 0.44 indicating that Power Integrations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Power Integrations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Skyworks Solutions received 1293 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.64% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Summary
Skyworks Solutions beats Power Integrations on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POWI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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