HUBB vs. OLED, VSH, MRCY, SNPO, VPG, CETX, ITW, CTAS, PH, and EMR
Should you be buying Hubbell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hubbell include Universal Display (OLED), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Cemtrex (CETX), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Cintas (CTAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Emerson Electric (EMR).
Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) and Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
88.2% of Hubbell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Universal Display shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hubbell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Universal Display shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hubbell pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Display pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Universal Display received 237 more outperform votes than Hubbell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.45% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Hubbell an outperform vote.
Hubbell has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Display has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hubbell has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Display. Hubbell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Universal Display had 10 more articles in the media than Hubbell. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Universal Display and 8 mentions for Hubbell. Hubbell's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Universal Display's score of 0.51 indicating that Hubbell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Display has a net margin of 36.00% compared to Hubbell's net margin of 13.23%. Hubbell's return on equity of 29.55% beat Universal Display's return on equity.
Hubbell currently has a consensus target price of $386.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.60%. Universal Display has a consensus target price of $199.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Given Universal Display's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Display is more favorable than Hubbell.
Summary
Universal Display beats Hubbell on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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