TSEM vs. FLEX, UMC, CLS, CRDO, ALAB, DRS, NXT, QRVO, OLED, and ALGM
Should you be buying Tower Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tower Semiconductor include Flex (FLEX), United Microelectronics (UMC), Celestica (CLS), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Astera Labs (ALAB), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Universal Display (OLED), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Tower Semiconductor vs. Its Competitors
Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Flex has higher revenue and earnings than Tower Semiconductor. Flex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tower Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flex currently has a consensus target price of $49.43, indicating a potential downside of 4.13%. Tower Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.16%. Given Tower Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tower Semiconductor is more favorable than Flex.
Tower Semiconductor has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Flex's net margin of 3.25%. Flex's return on equity of 19.01% beat Tower Semiconductor's return on equity.
94.3% of Flex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Flex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Flex had 30 more articles in the media than Tower Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Flex and 3 mentions for Tower Semiconductor. Tower Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Flex's score of 0.86 indicating that Tower Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flex has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flex beats Tower Semiconductor on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TSEM) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
