MXL vs. RMBS, POWI, SLAB, DIOD, SMTC, AMBA, AOSL, SPWR, CEVA, and NVEC
Should you be buying MaxLinear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxLinear include Rambus (RMBS), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Diodes (DIOD), Semtech (SMTC), Ambarella (AMBA), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), SunPower (SPWR), CEVA (CEVA), and NVE (NVEC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) and Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Rambus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MaxLinear. MaxLinear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rambus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rambus has a net margin of 78.14% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -28.70%. Rambus' return on equity of 16.99% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.
MaxLinear has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rambus has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MaxLinear received 200 more outperform votes than Rambus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Rambus an outperform vote.
90.8% of MaxLinear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Rambus shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of MaxLinear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Rambus 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.
MaxLinear presently has a consensus target price of $25.70, indicating a potential upside of 42.54%. Rambus has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.35%. Given Rambus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rambus is more favorable than MaxLinear.
In the previous week, MaxLinear had 1 more articles in the media than Rambus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MaxLinear and 4 mentions for Rambus. Rambus' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat MaxLinear's score of 0.90 indicating that Rambus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rambus beats MaxLinear on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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