NXPI vs. XLNX, MXIM, AMD, AMAT, TXN, MU, INTC, ARM, ADI, and MRVL
Should you be buying NXP Semiconductors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NXP Semiconductors include Xilinx (XLNX), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), ARM (ARM), Analog Devices (ADI), and Marvell Technology (MRVL).
Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $267.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Xilinx's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Xilinx.
Xilinx has a net margin of 25.26% compared to Xilinx's net margin of 21.24%. Xilinx's return on equity of 37.65% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.
Xilinx pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Xilinx pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 37.4% 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. NXP Semiconductors has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. NXP Semiconductors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 18 more articles in the media than Xilinx. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 0 mentions for Xilinx. Xilinx's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.54 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Xilinx. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xilinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.2% of Xilinx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Xilinx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NXP Semiconductors received 337 more outperform votes than Xilinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.98% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Xilinx an outperform vote.
Xilinx has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats Xilinx on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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