Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS – Get Rating) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cirrus Logic and QuickLogic, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cirrus Logic | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.78 |
| QuickLogic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Cirrus Logic presently has a consensus target price of $102.92, indicating a potential upside of 32.69%. QuickLogic has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.79%. Given QuickLogic’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than Cirrus Logic.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cirrus Logic and QuickLogic’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cirrus Logic | $1.90 billion | 2.26 | $176.70 million | $3.07 | 25.26 |
| QuickLogic | $16.18 million | 4.46 | -$4.27 million | ($0.34) | -16.03 |
Cirrus Logic has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cirrus Logic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Cirrus Logic has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Cirrus Logic and QuickLogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cirrus Logic | 9.31% | 18.07% | 14.10% |
| QuickLogic | -26.37% | -38.71% | -13.75% |
Summary
Cirrus Logic beats QuickLogic on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cirrus Logic
Cirrus Logic, Inc. engages in the development of high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a range of customers. It builds an analog and signal-processing patent portfolio. The firm delivers optimized products for a variety of audio, industrial and energy-related applications. Its product lines include portable audio products and non-portable audio and other products. The company was founded by Suhas S. Patil and Michael L. Hackworth in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corp. operates as a semiconductor company, which designs, markets, and supports primarily Customer Specific Standard Products and secondarily, Field Programmable Gate Arrays, sensor software algorithms, software drivers, associated design software and programming hardware. It develops and markets low power customizable semiconductor and software algorithm solutions that enable customers to differentiate their products by adding new features, extending battery life, becoming more contextually aware and improving the visual experience with their mobile, consumer and enterprise products. The company was founded by John M. Birkner, Andrew K. Chan, and Hua-Thye Chua in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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