Applied Materials vs Texas Instruments
AMAT and TXN side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AMAT and TXN compare
Applied Materials and Texas Instruments are about the same size, with market caps of $310B and $275B.
On earnings, Applied Materials is cheaper: it trades at 33.7× trailing earnings, against 45.8× for Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.7% versus 7.8% for Applied Materials).
Texas Instruments keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 31.1% compared with 30.1% at Applied Materials.
Both pay dividends: Applied Materials yields 0.51% and Texas Instruments 2.4%.
Applied Materials scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 13 for Texas Instruments), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AMAT | TXN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $310B | $275B |
| Share price | $390.09 | $300.84 |
| Change, 1 year | 65.5% | 87.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 154% | 55.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.74 | 1.12 |
| Employees | 37K | 33K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.7× (better) | 45.8× |
| P/S | 10.0× (better) | 14.1× |
| P/B | 12.1× (better) | 15.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.9× (better) | 38.8× |
| P/FCF | 55.1× | 51.3× (better) |
| PEG | 6.48 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | 1.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $284.71 | $190.34 |
| Margin of safety | −37.0% (better) | −58.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.8% | 16.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.5% (better) | 4.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 35.6% (better) | 20.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 38.3% (better) | 20.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.2% (better) | −1.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 58.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 29.6% | 37.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 30.1% | 31.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 18.2% | 27.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 41.1% (better) | 35.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 36.2% (better) | 25.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.30 (better) | 0.78 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.15 | 0.97 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 33.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.42 | 4.86 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 14.16 (better) | 12.92 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.51% | 2.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 16.3% | 84.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 15.4% (better) | 8.1% |
| Buyback yield | 0.66% (better) | 0.26% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.2% | 2.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 83.7% | 89.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.36% | 0.16% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$180M | −$119M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 11 (better) | 8 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.7% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- AMAT stock overview
- AMAT income statement
- AMAT valuation and score
- TXN stock overview
- TXN income statement
- TXN valuation and score
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