Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI – Get Free Report) and Everspin Tech (NASDAQ:MRAM – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Analog Devices has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Tech has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Analog Devices and Everspin Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Analog Devices | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2.94 |
| Everspin Tech | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
Analog Devices presently has a consensus target price of $460.55, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Everspin Tech has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.73%. Given Everspin Tech’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Everspin Tech is more favorable than Analog Devices.
Profitability
This table compares Analog Devices and Everspin Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Analog Devices | 29.79% | 16.39% | 11.49% |
| Everspin Tech | -14.28% | 9.67% | 7.98% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Analog Devices and Everspin Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Analog Devices | $11.02 billion | 18.38 | $2.27 billion | $8.43 | 49.59 |
| Everspin Tech | $55.20 million | 5.82 | -$590,000.00 | ($0.40) | -32.99 |
Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Everspin Tech. Everspin Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
86.8% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Everspin Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Analog Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Everspin Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Analog Devices beats Everspin Tech on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia. The company provides data converter products, which translate real-world analog signals into digital data, as well as translates digital data into analog signals; power management and reference products for power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing, and energy management applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and consumer markets; and power ICs that include performance, integration, and software design simulation tools for accurate power supply designs. It also offers amplifiers to condition analog signals; and radio frequency and microwave ICs to support cellular infrastructure; and micro-electro-mechanical systems technology solutions, including accelerometers used to sense acceleration, gyroscopes for sense rotation, inertial measurement units to sense multiple degrees of freedom, and broadband switches for radio and instrument systems, as well as isolators. In addition, the company provides digital signal processing and system products for numeric calculations. It serves clients in the industrial, automotive, consumer, instrumentation, aerospace, defense and healthcare, and communications markets through a direct sales force, third-party distributors, and independent sales representatives, as well as online. Analog Devices, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
About Everspin Tech
Everspin Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) products in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, China, Canada, and internationally. It offers Toggle MRAM, spin-transfer torque MRAM, and tunnel magneto resistance sensor products, as well as foundry services for MRAM products. The company provides its products for applications, including industrial, medical, automotive/transportation, aerospace, and data center markets. It serves original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales channel, and a network of representatives and distributors. Everspin Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
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