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Should you be buying Universal Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Display include Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), GlobalFoundries (GFS), ASE Technology (ASX), STMicroelectronics (STM), Hubbell (HUBB), Ubiquiti (UI), Flex (FLEX), United Microelectronics (UMC), Celestica (CLS), and Astera Labs (ALAB). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Universal Display vs.
Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Universal Display pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays out -1,700,000.0% 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. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Universal Display 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 Universal Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Display has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Display has a net margin of 36.98% compared to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s net margin of 0.06%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.75% beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s return on equity.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) received 70 more outperform votes than Universal Display when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.74% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Universal Display had 30 more articles in the media than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Universal Display and 3 mentions for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Universal Display's score of 0.31 indicating that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.2% of Universal Display shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Universal Display shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Display presently has a consensus price target of $190.43, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a consensus price target of $6.70, suggesting a potential downside of 15.30%. Given Universal Display's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Display is more favorable than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ).
Summary
Universal Display beats Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OLED) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
