Reviewing Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK)

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

Risk and Volatility

QuickLogic has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for QuickLogic and Advanced Micro Devices, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuickLogic	1	0	2	0	2.33
Advanced Micro Devices	1	10	30	3	2.80

QuickLogic presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.62%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus target price of $640.11, indicating a potential upside of 19.86%. Given QuickLogic’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than Advanced Micro Devices.

Valuation and Earnings

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	12.45	-$14.82 million	($0.65)	-14.40
Advanced Micro Devices	$45.44 billion	19.28	$4.33 billion	$4.60	116.10

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.

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	-57.94%	-37.65%	-24.43%
Advanced Micro Devices	16.77%	14.15%	11.08%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.5% of QuickLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of QuickLogic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Advanced Micro Devices beats QuickLogic on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low-power programmable logic products and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology. Its offerings include stand-alone FPGA devices, eFPGA intellectual property that customers can integrate into their own chips, and related design tools and services. The company also provides SensiML, a software toolkit for developing and deploying machine-learning applications on edge devices. QuickLogic’s technologies are designed for use in areas such as the Internet of Things, industrial systems, aerospace and defense, and consumer electronics.

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.