[May 24, 2013] Top 5 Companies in the Semiconductors Industry With the Lowest Forward Earnings Yield (AMCC, ENTR, CREE, MLNX, CAVM) Tweet May 24, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Semiconductors industry with the lowest forward earnings yields. Using projected earnings for the current fiscal year, the forward earnings yield is useful to compare a stock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (e.g. bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock.Applied Micro Circuits ranks lowest with a forward earnings yield of 1.1%. Entropic Communications is next with a forward earnings yield of 1.4%. Cree ranks third lowest with a forward earnings yield of 2.2%. Mellanox Technologies follows with a forward earnings yield of 2.4%, and Cavium Networks rounds out the bottom five with a forward earnings yield of 3.1%. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Cavium Networks and will alert subscribers who have CAVM in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]