WOLF vs. DIOD, SITM, SYNA, KLIC, SMTC, SIMO, OSIS, TSEM, SLAB, and IPGP
Should you be buying Wolfspeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolfspeed include Diodes (DIOD), SiTime (SITM), Synaptics (SYNA), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Semtech (SMTC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), OSI Systems (OSIS), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), and IPG Photonics (IPGP). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) and Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Wolfspeed. Wolfspeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diodes presently has a consensus target price of $74.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.27%. Wolfspeed has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 42.13%. Given Diodes' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Diodes.
Diodes has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Diodes' net margin of -96.12%. Wolfspeed's return on equity of 9.11% beat Diodes' return on equity.
Diodes received 385 more outperform votes than Wolfspeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.49% of users gave Diodes an outperform vote while only 30.53% of users gave Wolfspeed an outperform vote.
Diodes has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Diodes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Wolfspeed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wolfspeed had 3 more articles in the media than Diodes. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Wolfspeed and 6 mentions for Diodes. Wolfspeed's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Diodes' score of 0.64 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Diodes beats Wolfspeed on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WOLF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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