Rambus (RMBS) Competitors

Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RMBS or FSLR?

88.5% of Rambus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of First Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Rambus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Solar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate RMBS or FSLR?

Rambus currently has a consensus price target of $77.29, suggesting a potential upside of 18.99%. First Solar has a consensus price target of $276.38, suggesting a potential upside of 68.43%. Given First Solar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Solar is more favorable than Rambus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rambus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
First Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.04

Which has better valuation & earnings, RMBS or FSLR?

First Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Rambus. First Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rambus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rambus	$556.62M	12.44	$179.82M	$1.66	39.13
First Solar	$3.32B	5.29	$830.78M	$11.61	14.13

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RMBS or FSLR?

First Solar received 747 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.21% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave First Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rambus	Outperform Votes 400 62.21%	Underperform Votes 243 37.79%
First Solar	Outperform Votes 1147 56.34%	Underperform Votes 889 43.66%

Does the media refer more to RMBS or FSLR?

In the previous week, Rambus had 1 more articles in the media than First Solar. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Rambus and 17 mentions for First Solar. First Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Rambus' score of 0.71 indicating that First Solar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rambus	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Solar	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RMBS or FSLR more profitable?

First Solar has a net margin of 32.41% compared to Rambus' net margin of 32.31%. First Solar's return on equity of 17.56% beat Rambus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rambus	32.31%	17.47%	14.45%
First Solar	32.41%	17.56%	11.46%

Which has more volatility and risk, RMBS or FSLR?

Rambus has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Solar has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Solar beats Rambus on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.