Posted by admin on Jul 11th, 2022

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC – Get Rating) and Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD – Get Rating) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diodes has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lattice Semiconductor and Diodes, as provided by MarketBeat.

Lattice Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.91%. Diodes has a consensus price target of $102.33, suggesting a potential upside of 56.98%. Given Diodes’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diodes is more favorable than Lattice Semiconductor.

This table compares Lattice Semiconductor and Diodes’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Lattice Semiconductor. Diodes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

95.3% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Diodes shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Diodes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

This table compares Lattice Semiconductor and Diodes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Lattice Semiconductor beats Diodes on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

Lattice Semiconductor Company Profile (Get Rating)

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Certus-NX and ECP, Mach, iCE40, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products. In addition, the company licenses its technology portfolio through standard IP and IP core licensing, patent monetization, and IP services. It sells its products directly to end customers, and indirectly through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and independent distributors. The company primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications and computing, consumer, and industrial and automotive end markets. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Diodes Company Profile (Get Rating)

Diodes Incorporated designs, manufactures, and supplies application-specific standard products in the discrete, logic, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor markets worldwide. It focuses on low pin count semiconductor devices with one or more active or passive components. The company offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFET, TVS, and performance Schottky rectifiers; GPP bridges and retifiers, and performance Schottky diodes; Zener and performance Zener diodes, including tight tolerance and low operating current type; standard, fast, super-fast, and ultra-fast recovery rectifiers; bridge rectifiers; switching diodes; small signal bipolar and prebiased transistors; thyristor surge protection devices; and transient voltage suppressors. It also provides analog products, such as power management devices comprising AC-DC and DC-DC converters, USB power switches, and low dropout and linear voltage regulators; linear devices, such as operational amplifiers and comparators, current monitors, voltage references, and reset generators; LED lighting drivers; audio amplifiers; and sensor products, including hall-effect sensors and motor drivers. The company offers mixed-signal products, such as high speed mux/demux products, digital switches, interfaces, redrivers, universal level shifters/voltage translator, clock ICs, and packet switches; standard logic products comprising low-voltage complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and high-speed CMOS devices; ultra-low power CMOS logic products and analog switches; multichip products and co-packaged discrete, analog, and mixed-signal silicon in miniature packages; silicon and silicon epitaxial wafers; and crystals and oscillators. It sells its products to the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets through direct sales, marketing personnel, independent sales representatives, and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

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