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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC) Competitors

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$8.06 +0.01 (+0.12%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

ERIC vs. MSI, NOK, UI, HLIT, PL, COMM, VSAT, CRNT, BKSY, and GILT

Should you be buying Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) include Motorola Solutions (MSI), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Ubiquiti (UI), Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), CommScope (COMM), Viasat (VSAT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), and Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) vs.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Motorola Solutions has a net margin of 14.65% compared to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s net margin of -0.47%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 251.96% beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Motorola Solutions14.65% 251.96% 16.05%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) -0.47%13.31%4.33%

84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $504.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.43%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a consensus price target of $6.70, indicating a potential downside of 16.87%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Motorola Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.33

Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Motorola Solutions pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays out -566.7% 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. Motorola Solutions has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Motorola Solutions had 14 more articles in the media than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Motorola Solutions and 2 mentions for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s score of 0.90 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Motorola Solutions
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Motorola Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Motorola Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Motorola Solutions$9.98B7.87$1.71B$9.1351.47
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)$246.85B0.11-$2.49B-$0.03-268.67

Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Motorola Solutions received 157 more outperform votes than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Motorola SolutionsOutperform Votes
796
67.63%
Underperform Votes
381
32.37%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Outperform Votes
639
57.78%
Underperform Votes
467
42.22%

Summary

Motorola Solutions beats Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ERIC vs. The Competition

MetricTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Radio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.86B$11.29B$25.69B$9.07B
Dividend Yield2.09%1.55%2.77%4.22%
P/E Ratio-268.6715.50241.2417.19
Price / Sales0.115.693,316.04116.80
Price / Cash10.7016.0535.6637.86
Price / Book2.9217.328.074.78
Net Income-$2.49B$254.60M$678.74M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.89%-2.60%0.43%-1.24%
1 Month Performance0.69%19.86%6.97%3.06%
1 Year Performance30.84%34.70%23.03%16.50%

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ERIC
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
1.0464 of 5 stars
$8.06
+0.1%
$6.70
-16.9%
+32.8%$26.86B$246.85B-268.6799,952Analyst Revision
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6681 of 5 stars
$466.99
-0.6%
$506.29
+8.4%
+51.9%$78.04B$10.66B51.4621,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NOK
Nokia Oyj
3.5357 of 5 stars
$4.48
flat
$5.42
+20.9%
+36.3%$24.43B$19.77B56.0086,689
UI
Ubiquiti
2.5795 of 5 stars
$349.40
+1.3%
$310.50
-11.1%
+154.4%$21.13B$1.93B53.391,515Positive News
HLIT
Harmonic
4.1691 of 5 stars
$13.34
+1.2%
$15.25
+14.3%
+12.0%$1.55B$623.65M18.051,359News Coverage
Positive News
PL
Planet Labs PBC
2.7039 of 5 stars
$4.26
+6.2%
$4.30
+0.9%
+72.3%$1.26B$241.65M-10.071,180Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
COMM
CommScope
1.9822 of 5 stars
$5.72
-0.3%
$2.50
-56.3%
+129.6%$1.23B$5.79B-1.3020,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
VSAT
Viasat
3.9491 of 5 stars
$9.23
-1.2%
$18.33
+98.6%
-65.5%$1.19B$4.28B-2.997,500
CRNT
Ceragon Networks
3.2187 of 5 stars
$4.72
-1.5%
$6.83
+44.8%
+114.1%$403.17M$377.62M21.771,407High Trading Volume
BKSY
BlackSky Technology
2.0698 of 5 stars
$11.85
+12.7%
$17.60
+48.5%
+0.3%$364.74M$94.49M-5.03210News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GILT
Gilat Satellite Networks
2.621 of 5 stars
$6.12
+2.9%
$8.50
+38.9%
-4.7%$348.94M$302.93M20.521,183Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ERIC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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