AUO vs. UMC, SWKS, CRDO, MTSI, ENPH, LSCC, QRVO, RMBS, AMKR, and SITM
Should you be buying AU Optronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AU Optronics include United Microelectronics (UMC), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Qorvo (QRVO), Rambus (RMBS), Amkor Technology (AMKR), and SiTime (SITM).
AU Optronics vs.
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of AU Optronics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of AU Optronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AU Optronics has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Microelectronics had 16 more articles in the media than AU Optronics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for United Microelectronics and 0 mentions for AU Optronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat AU Optronics' score of 0.00 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. AU Optronics pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. United Microelectronics pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AU Optronics pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
United Microelectronics presently has a consensus target price of $7.40, indicating a potential upside of 22.80%. Given United Microelectronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than AU Optronics.
United Microelectronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AU Optronics. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AU Optronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 22.89% compared to AU Optronics' net margin of -0.59%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 14.35% beat AU Optronics' return on equity.
AU Optronics received 119 more outperform votes than United Microelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave AU Optronics an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.
Summary
United Microelectronics beats AU Optronics on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AUO) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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