SWKS vs. MPWR, MCHP, FSLR, ALTR, MTSI, LSCC, RMBS, CRUS, SLAB, and POWI
Should you be buying Skyworks Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyworks Solutions include Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Microchip Technology (MCHP), First Solar (FSLR), Altair Engineering (ALTR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and Power Integrations (POWI). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Skyworks Solutions vs.
Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Monolithic Power Systems presently has a consensus price target of $866.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.02%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus price target of $83.78, suggesting a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Monolithic Power Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Monolithic Power Systems is more favorable than Skyworks Solutions.
Monolithic Power Systems pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Monolithic Power Systems pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Skyworks Solutions pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Skyworks Solutions has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Skyworks Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Monolithic Power Systems has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Monolithic Power Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Skyworks Solutions received 982 more outperform votes than Monolithic Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.64% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 75.43% of users gave Monolithic Power Systems an outperform vote.
Monolithic Power Systems has a net margin of 80.95% compared to Skyworks Solutions' net margin of 13.02%. Monolithic Power Systems' return on equity of 20.36% beat Skyworks Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Monolithic Power Systems had 34 more articles in the media than Skyworks Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Monolithic Power Systems and 10 mentions for Skyworks Solutions. Skyworks Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Monolithic Power Systems' score of 0.36 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monolithic Power Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skyworks Solutions. Monolithic Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyworks Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Monolithic Power Systems beats Skyworks Solutions on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWKS) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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