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.
Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Diodes had 10 more articles in the media than Wolfspeed. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Diodes and 8 mentions for Wolfspeed. Diodes' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Wolfspeed's score of 0.27 indicating that Diodes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wolfspeed has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
99.2% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Wolfspeed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Diodes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Wolfspeed's net margin of -96.12%. Diodes' return on equity of 9.11% beat Wolfspeed's return on equity.
Wolfspeed presently has a consensus target price of $36.93, suggesting a potential upside of 43.26%. Diodes has a consensus target price of $74.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. Given Wolfspeed's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wolfspeed is more favorable than Diodes.
Summary
Diodes beats Wolfspeed on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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