Siltronic (OTCMKTS:SSLLF – Get Free Report) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Siltronic and NVIDIA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Siltronic | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| NVIDIA | 31.59% | 45.50% | 24.72% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.8% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of NVIDIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Siltronic | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| NVIDIA | $26.97 billion | 38.10 | $4.37 billion | $4.14 | 100.51 |
NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Siltronic.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Siltronic and NVIDIA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Siltronic | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| NVIDIA | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2.95 |
NVIDIA has a consensus price target of $555.70, indicating a potential upside of 33.55%. Given NVIDIA’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Siltronic.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Siltronic on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Siltronic
Siltronic AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, production, and marketing of hyperpure semiconductor silicon wafers in Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, Taiwan and Mainland China, Korea, and Rest of Asia. It offers polished and epitaxial wafers. The company also provides special products, such as Ultimate Silicon, an optimal crystal for polished wafers; PowerFZ, a wafer product based on the float zone method; and HIREF that offers low microroughness, and low-defect surface structure. Its products are used in smartphones, tablets, PCs, flat screens, sensors, industrial equipment, electric cars, wind turbines, and other applications. The company was formerly known as Wacker Siltronic AG and changed its name to Siltronic AG in 2004. Siltronic AG was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics, and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, and internationally. The company's Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building 3D designs and virtual worlds. Its Compute & Networking segment provides Data Center platforms and systems for AI, HPC, and accelerated computing; Mellanox networking and interconnect solutions; automotive AI Cockpit, autonomous driving development agreements, and autonomous vehicle solutions; cryptocurrency mining processors; Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms; and NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software. The company's products are used in gaming, professional visualization, datacenter, and automotive markets. NVIDIA Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original device manufacturers, system builders, add-in board manufacturers, retailers/distributors, independent software vendors, Internet and cloud service providers, automotive manufacturers and tier-1 automotive suppliers, mapping companies, start-ups, and other ecosystem participants. It has a strategic collaboration with Kroger Co. NVIDIA Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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