Universal Display (OLED) Competitors

Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OLED or ERIC?

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) received 72 more outperform votes than Universal Display when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.78% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Universal Display	Outperform Votes 567 65.78%	Underperform Votes 295 34.22%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	Outperform Votes 639 57.78%	Underperform Votes 467 42.22%

Is OLED or ERIC more profitable?

Universal Display has a net margin of 36.98% compared to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s net margin of -0.47%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.75% beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Display	36.98%	15.75%	13.72%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	-0.47%	13.31%	4.33%

Do analysts recommend OLED or ERIC?

Universal Display currently has a consensus price target of $207.86, indicating a potential upside of 39.28%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a consensus price target of $6.70, indicating a potential downside of 21.55%. Given Universal Display's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Universal Display is more favorable than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Universal Display	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OLED or ERIC?

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.

Is OLED or ERIC a better dividend stock?

Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Universal Display pays out 32.1% 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. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, OLED or ERIC?

Universal Display has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OLED or ERIC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Universal Display	$576.43M	12.29	$203.01M	$4.98	29.97
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$24.83B	1.15	-$2.49B	-$0.03	-284.67

Does the media refer more to OLED or ERIC?

In the previous week, Universal Display had 14 more articles in the media than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Universal Display and 6 mentions for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Universal Display's score of 0.12 indicating that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Universal Display	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Universal Display beats Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.