SiTime (SITM) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SITM or FLEX?

84.3% of SiTime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Flex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Flex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, SITM or FLEX?

SiTime has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SITM or FLEX?

Flex received 442 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.07% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 113 68.07%	Underperform Votes 53 31.93%
Flex	Outperform Votes 555 62.64%	Underperform Votes 331 37.36%

Does the media refer more to SITM or FLEX?

In the previous week, Flex had 16 more articles in the media than SiTime. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Flex and 14 mentions for SiTime. SiTime's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Flex's score of 0.64 indicating that SiTime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flex	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SITM or FLEX more profitable?

Flex has a net margin of 3.95% compared to SiTime's net margin of -46.18%. Flex's return on equity of 17.93% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-46.18%	-10.12%	-7.86%
Flex	3.95%	17.93%	5.00%

Do analysts rate SITM or FLEX?

SiTime presently has a consensus target price of $232.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.82%. Flex has a consensus target price of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 39.20%. Given SiTime's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SiTime is more favorable than Flex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SITM or FLEX?

Flex has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, 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
SiTime	$202.70M	16.09	-$93.60M	-$4.05	-34.13
Flex	$25.58B	0.47	$1.01B	$2.48	12.65

Summary

Flex beats SiTime on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.