GFS vs. NXPI, VRT, LHX, ERIC, NOK, HUBB, ASX, UI, STM, and ALAB
Should you be buying GlobalFoundries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GlobalFoundries include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Vertiv (VRT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Hubbell (HUBB), ASE Technology (ASX), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), and Astera Labs (ALAB). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
GlobalFoundries vs.
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $271.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.11%. GlobalFoundries has a consensus price target of $50.21, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than GlobalFoundries.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalFoundries. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalFoundries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 3 more articles in the media than GlobalFoundries. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 20 mentions for GlobalFoundries. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat GlobalFoundries' score of 0.24 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GlobalFoundries has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 20.98% compared to GlobalFoundries' net margin of 10.95%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 33.57% beat GlobalFoundries' return on equity.
NXP Semiconductors received 1056 more outperform votes than GlobalFoundries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave GlobalFoundries an outperform vote.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats GlobalFoundries on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GFS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
