TSEM vs. UMC, FLEX, ALAB, CLS, DRS, CRDO, OLED, QRVO, NXT, and ALGM
Should you be buying Tower Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tower Semiconductor include United Microelectronics (UMC), Flex (FLEX), Astera Labs (ALAB), Celestica (CLS), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Universal Display (OLED), Qorvo (QRVO), Nextracker (NXT), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Tower Semiconductor vs.
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 20.35% compared to Tower Semiconductor's net margin of 14.47%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 12.78% beat Tower Semiconductor's return on equity.
70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Microelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Tower Semiconductor. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tower Semiconductor had 6 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tower Semiconductor and 2 mentions for United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Tower Semiconductor's score of 1.26 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tower Semiconductor received 31 more outperform votes than United Microelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.86% of users gave Tower Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.
Tower Semiconductor currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.36%. United Microelectronics has a consensus target price of $7.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. Given Tower Semiconductor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tower Semiconductor is more favorable than United Microelectronics.
Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tower Semiconductor beats United Microelectronics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TSEM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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