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Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) Competitors

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$100.47 -4.39 (-4.19%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

SLAB vs. SYNA, IDT, CY, SWKS, MTSI, ALTR, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, and SMTC

Should you be buying Silicon Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Laboratories include Synaptics (SYNA), IDT (IDT), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Semtech (SMTC).

Silicon Laboratories vs.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) and Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

In the previous week, Synaptics had 12 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Synaptics and 1 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Synaptics' score of 0.62 indicating that Silicon Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Silicon Laboratories Positive
Synaptics Positive

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synaptics has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Synaptics has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Silicon Laboratories' net margin of -46.93%. Synaptics' return on equity of 1.30% beat Silicon Laboratories' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories-46.93% -12.60% -10.85%
Synaptics 16.14%1.30%0.65%

Synaptics received 107 more outperform votes than Silicon Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.14% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote while only 63.40% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Silicon LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
695
68.14%
Underperform Votes
325
31.86%
SynapticsOutperform Votes
802
63.40%
Underperform Votes
463
36.60%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silicon Laboratories$782.26M4.17-$34.52M-$7.40-13.58
Synaptics$959.40M3.12$125.60M$3.9518.90

99.4% of Synaptics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Synaptics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Silicon Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $121.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.93%. Synaptics has a consensus target price of $97.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.40%. Given Synaptics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silicon Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Synaptics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Synaptics beats Silicon Laboratories on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SLAB vs. The Competition

MetricSilicon LaboratoriesSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.26B$59.41B$24.46B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A2.39%2.79%4.06%
P/E Ratio-13.5835.80248.8817.40
Price / Sales4.1734.843,377.6969.07
Price / Cash52.1624.2235.5336.36
Price / Book3.017.906.845.87
Net Income-$34.52M$999.37M$676.79M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-10.37%-6.49%-2.22%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-13.46%-4.97%-0.03%1.15%
1 Year Performance0.47%6.88%16.75%24.02%

Silicon Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLAB
Silicon Laboratories
2.0862 of 5 stars
$100.47
-4.2%
$121.50
+20.9%
+0.4%$3.26B$782.26M-13.581,846Positive News
SYNA
Synaptics
3.8712 of 5 stars
$75.24
+1.0%
N/A-28.9%$2.98B$959.40M19.051,716News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IDT
IDT
3.0768 of 5 stars
$49.57
-2.4%
N/A+75.3%$1.25B$1.21B19.521,833Short Interest ↓
CY
Cypress Semiconductor
N/A$23.82
flat
N/A+0.0%$8.90B$2.21B238.225,871
SWKS
Skyworks Solutions
4.8145 of 5 stars
$84.00
+1.0%
N/A-10.4%$13.29B$4.18B22.709,750Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MTSI
MACOM Technology Solutions
2.5467 of 5 stars
$126.76
-1.5%
N/A+51.7%$9.32B$729.58M123.071,500Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
ALTR
Altair Engineering
3.9406 of 5 stars
$103.72
-0.1%
N/A+43.3%$8.82B$644.66M272.953,200
LSCC
Lattice Semiconductor
3.5743 of 5 stars
$50.63
+0.0%
N/A-16.4%$6.98B$737.15M49.161,156Positive News
RMBS
Rambus
4.2343 of 5 stars
$53.35
-1.8%
N/A-21.5%$5.79B$461.12M33.14760News Coverage
CRUS
Cirrus Logic
4.4574 of 5 stars
$101.50
+1.1%
N/A+32.8%$5.39B$1.79B17.201,625Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
SMTC
Semtech
3.7159 of 5 stars
$47.33
-3.4%
N/A+177.2%$3.69B$868.76M-3.491,917News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SLAB) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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