Hubbell (HUBB) Competitors

Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Is HUBB or NXPI a better dividend stock?

Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hubbell pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 38.7% 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. Hubbell has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, HUBB or NXPI?

Hubbell has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HUBB or NXPI?

88.2% of Hubbell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hubbell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HUBB or NXPI more profitable?

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 20.98% compared to Hubbell's net margin of 13.33%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 33.57% beat Hubbell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hubbell	13.33%	28.81%	12.67%
NXP Semiconductors	20.98%	33.57%	13.21%

Do analysts rate HUBB or NXPI?

Hubbell presently has a consensus price target of $445.56, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $276.76, indicating a potential upside of 23.58%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Hubbell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hubbell	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
NXP Semiconductors	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HUBB or NXPI?

NXP Semiconductors received 780 more outperform votes than Hubbell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.70% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 57.47% of users gave Hubbell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hubbell	Outperform Votes 327 57.47%	Underperform Votes 242 42.53%
NXP Semiconductors	Outperform Votes 1107 73.70%	Underperform Votes 395 26.30%

Does the media prefer HUBB or NXPI?

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 18 more articles in the media than Hubbell. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 14 mentions for Hubbell. Hubbell's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.63 indicating that Hubbell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hubbell	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NXP Semiconductors	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HUBB or NXPI?

NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Hubbell. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hubbell, 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
Hubbell	$5.37B	4.40	$759.80M	$13.88	31.71
NXP Semiconductors	$13.28B	4.29	$2.80B	$10.48	21.37

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Hubbell on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.