Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD – Get Free Report) and Mobix Labs (NASDAQ:MOBX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Diodes and Mobix Labs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Diodes | 5.50% | 3.48% | 2.74% |
| Mobix Labs | -289.21% | -2,857.36% | -103.36% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Diodes and Mobix Labs”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Diodes | $1.56 billion | 2.85 | $66.14 million | $1.84 | 52.36 |
| Mobix Labs | $9.91 million | 1.91 | -$46.13 million | ($6.80) | -0.27 |
Diodes has higher revenue and earnings than Mobix Labs. Mobix Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Diodes has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobix Labs has a beta of -0.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
99.2% of Diodes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of Mobix Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Diodes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Mobix Labs shares are owned by company 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Diodes and Mobix Labs, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Diodes | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Mobix Labs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Diodes presently has a consensus price target of $113.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.29%. Given Diodes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Diodes is more favorable than Mobix Labs.
Summary
Diodes beats Mobix Labs on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Diodes
Diodes Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies application-specific standard products in the broad discrete, logic, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor markets worldwide. The company offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, SiC MOSFETs; data line protection, power line protection, thyristers, USB Type-C protection, and transient voltage suppressors; Schottky, small signal switching, Zener, and SiC diodes; bridges, super barrier, Schottky, Schottky bridge, and fast/ultra-fast rectifiers; and bipolar, avalanche, gate driver, and pre-bias transistors. It also provides analog products, including power management devices comprising AC-DC and DC-DC converters, USB power switches, low dropout, photocoupler and linear voltage regulators; standard linear devices consisting of operational amplifiers and comparators, current monitors, voltage references, and reset generators; LED lighting drivers; audio amplifiers; and sensor products, such as hall-effect sensors and motor drivers. In addition, the company offers mixed-signal products, such as high speed mux/demux, digital switches, interface, redrivers, universal level shifters/voltage translators, clock ICs and packet switches; standard logic products comprising low-voltage complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and advanced high-speed CMOS devices; ultra-low power CMOS logic; and analog switches; multichip products and co-packaged discrete, analog and mixed-signal silicon in miniature packages; and silicon and silicon epitaxial wafers used in manufacturing frequency control products and contact images sensors. It serves the industrial, automotive, computing, communications, and consumer markets through direct sales, marketing personnel, independent sales representatives, and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
About Mobix Labs
Mobix Labs, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides wireless and connectivity solutions for next generation communication systems, including C-Band and mmWave 5G and high bandwidth cable applications. Its products include True5G chipset solutions; true xero active optical cables and related products designed to deliver fiber optic connectivity for a range of applications, including 5G infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, Pro A/V, AR/VR, remote medical systems, and others; electromagnetic interference filters deployed in aerospace, military, defense, medical, and healthcare products. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Irvine, California. Mobix Labs, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of YDENS HOLDINGS, LLC.
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