QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK – Get Free Report) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares QuickLogic and Advanced Micro Devices”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QuickLogic | $13.77 million | 10.94 | -$14.82 million | ($0.77) | -10.68 |
| Advanced Micro Devices | $34.64 billion | 24.28 | $4.33 billion | $4.60 | 112.00 |
Advanced Micro Devices has higher revenue and earnings than QuickLogic. QuickLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for QuickLogic and Advanced Micro Devices, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QuickLogic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Advanced Micro Devices | 1 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 2.84 |
QuickLogic presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 155.47%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus price target of $642.47, suggesting a potential upside of 24.70%. Given QuickLogic’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than Advanced Micro Devices.
Risk & Volatility
QuickLogic has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of QuickLogic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares QuickLogic and Advanced Micro Devices’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QuickLogic | -80.18% | -45.22% | -27.93% |
| Advanced Micro Devices | 16.77% | 14.15% | 11.08% |
Summary
Advanced Micro Devices beats QuickLogic on 13 of the 15 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 Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs processors, graphics products and adaptive computing solutions. Its products serve data center, personal computing, gaming, embedded and other markets. AMD is a fabless chip designer, relying on third-party manufacturing partners to produce its semiconductors. The company’s product portfolio includes EPYC server processors, Ryzen desktop and laptop processors, Radeon graphics products, Instinct accelerators for data center computing, and adaptive chips and systems used in embedded applications.
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