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STEC (STEC) Competitors

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STEC vs. NTAP, WDC, SYNA, IMMR, IVAC, KKR, BX, APO, ARES, and AMP

Should you be buying STEC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STEC include NetApp (NTAP), Western Digital (WDC), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), and Ameriprise Financial (AMP).

STEC vs.

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

NetApp has a net margin of 17.78% compared to STEC's net margin of 0.00%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.63% beat STEC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NetApp17.78% 123.63% 13.03%
STEC N/A N/A N/A

92.2% of NetApp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of NetApp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of STEC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NetApp currently has a consensus target price of $137.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe NetApp is more favorable than STEC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NetApp
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
STEC
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, NetApp had 47 more articles in the media than STEC. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for NetApp and 1 mentions for STEC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat STEC's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NetApp
22 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
STEC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

NetApp received 1081 more outperform votes than STEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.51% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote while only 43.26% of users gave STEC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NetAppOutperform Votes
1142
53.51%
Underperform Votes
992
46.49%
STECOutperform Votes
61
43.26%
Underperform Votes
80
56.74%

NetApp has higher revenue and earnings than STEC.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NetApp$6.27B4.04$986M$5.4422.88
STEC$301.28MN/A$18.71MN/AN/A

NetApp has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STEC has a beta of -1.13, meaning that its stock price is 213% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NetApp beats STEC on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STEC vs. The Competition

MetricSTECInvestment advice IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$10.88B$7.78B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A23.98%2.22%3.85%
P/E RatioN/A41.3833.8319.27
Price / SalesN/A4.7273.5667.89
Price / Cash0.3917.8231.6834.83
Price / BookN/A3.895.414.62
Net Income$18.71M$412.04M$188.31M$246.06M

STEC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STEC
STEC
N/A$0.65
+14.8%
N/AN/A$0.00$301.28M0.002,905High Trading Volume
NTAP
NetApp
4.572 of 5 stars
$119.06
+1.1%
$137.53
+15.5%
+42.4%$24.21B$6.27B21.8911,800Upcoming Earnings
WDC
Western Digital
4.776 of 5 stars
$68.39
+1.2%
$84.42
+23.4%
+22.6%$23.79B$13.00B16.2851,000Positive News
Gap Down
SYNA
Synaptics
4.1034 of 5 stars
$72.07
-1.0%
$95.25
+32.2%
-31.0%$2.89B$959.40M17.041,716Positive News
IMMR
Immersion
3.7078 of 5 stars
$8.62
+0.7%
$13.50
+56.6%
+24.2%$278.25M$33.92M3.0820
IVAC
Intevac
0.5682 of 5 stars
$4.04
+0.2%
N/A+8.3%$108.96M$52.67M-12.24170High Trading Volume
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9514 of 5 stars
$140.73
+1.0%
$161.43
+14.7%
+38.0%$125.00B$21.88B42.264,490
BX
Blackstone
4.9101 of 5 stars
$165.09
+2.9%
$172.38
+4.4%
+26.4%$119.19B$13.23B45.484,735Positive News
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.6854 of 5 stars
$162.95
+3.2%
$165.74
+1.7%
+34.8%$92.20B$26.11B22.294,879
ARES
Ares Management
3.8401 of 5 stars
$186.11
+0.9%
$176.17
-5.3%
+31.9%$58.26B$3.88B91.682,850Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5785 of 5 stars
$546.69
+1.3%
$510.44
-6.6%
+30.3%$53.03B$17.26B16.5413,800Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:STEC) was last updated on 2/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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