SLAB vs. POWI, DIOD, CRUS, SMTC, RMBS, AMBA, MXL, IDT, MTSI, and LSCC Should you be buying Silicon Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Laboratories include Power Integrations (POWI), Diodes (DIOD), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Semtech (SMTC), Rambus (RMBS), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), IDT (IDT), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC).
Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI ) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB ) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Does the media favor POWI or SLAB?
In the previous week, Power Integrations had 10 more articles in the media than Silicon Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Power Integrations and 5 mentions for Silicon Laboratories. Power Integrations' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Silicon Laboratories' score of 0.73 indicating that Silicon Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Which has higher valuation and earnings, POWI or SLAB?
Power Integrations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Integrations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Which has more risk and volatility, POWI or SLAB?
Power Integrations has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Do analysts rate POWI or SLAB?
Power Integrations presently has a consensus price target of $87.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.82%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus price target of $135.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Silicon Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Power Integrations is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.
Is POWI or SLAB more profitable?
Power Integrations has a net margin of 12.28% compared to Power Integrations' net margin of -16.36%. Silicon Laboratories' return on equity of 6.13% beat Power Integrations' return on equity.
Does the MarketBeat Community favor POWI or SLAB?
Silicon Laboratories received 274 more outperform votes than Power Integrations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Silicon Laboratories an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Power Integrations an outperform vote.
Summary Power Integrations beats Silicon Laboratories on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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