QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) & NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) Financial Review

QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares QuickLogic and NXP Semiconductors”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuickLogic	$19.40 million	8.78	-$14.82 million	($0.65)	-14.31
NXP Semiconductors	$13.80 billion	4.92	$2.02 billion	$12.72	21.19

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

Profitability

This table compares QuickLogic and NXP Semiconductors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuickLogic	-57.94%	-37.65%	-24.43%
NXP Semiconductors	23.40%	28.57%	11.87%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of QuickLogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

QuickLogic has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for QuickLogic and NXP Semiconductors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuickLogic	1	0	2	0	2.33
NXP Semiconductors	1	9	16	0	2.58

QuickLogic presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.80%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $295.78, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Given QuickLogic’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats QuickLogic on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low-power, programmable semiconductor solutions and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) intellectual property. Its technology is designed to allow customers to add configurable logic to application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and systems-on-chip (SoCs), helping support customization, connectivity, sensor processing and other functions without requiring a separate FPGA device. The company offers eFPGA IP, customer-specific standard products (CSSPs), and related development tools and design services.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It develops and supplies chips and related technologies for automotive, industrial and Internet of Things, mobile, and communications infrastructure applications. Its products include microcontrollers and processors, analog and mixed-signal components, connectivity solutions, and security technologies. In the automotive sector, NXP supplies technologies used in vehicle networking, radar, and safety systems; its other offerings support applications such as secure identification and near-field communication.