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Should you be buying Advanced Micro Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Micro Devices include Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Broadcom (AVGO), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Salesforce (CRM), and Adobe (ADBE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Applied Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Applied Materials had 20 more articles in the media than Advanced Micro Devices. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Applied Materials and 40 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Advanced Micro Devices' score of 0.61 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Micro Devices. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Materials presently has a consensus target price of $215.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus target price of $185.26, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Given Applied Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Applied Materials.
Applied Materials has a net margin of 27.03% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 4.89%. Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity of 43.56% beat Applied Materials' return on equity.
Applied Materials has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Micro Devices received 53 more outperform votes than Applied Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.11% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 62.45% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.
Summary
Applied Materials and Advanced Micro Devices tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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