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NOK vs. NXPI, VRT, LHX, ERIC, STM, UI, ASX, ON, HUBB, and GFS

Should you be buying Nokia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nokia include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Vertiv (VRT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Ericsson (ERIC), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), ASE Technology (ASX), ON Semiconductor (ON), Hubbell (HUBB), and GlobalFoundries (GFS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Nokia vs. Its Competitors

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Nokia pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nokia pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

5.3% of Nokia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

NXP Semiconductors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nokia. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nokia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nokia$20.80B1.34$1.38B$0.1534.47
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B4.66$2.51B$9.1825.35

Nokia has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Nokia's net margin of 4.09%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 29.62% beat Nokia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nokia4.09% 8.73% 4.67%
NXP Semiconductors 19.16%29.62%11.55%

Nokia currently has a consensus target price of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus target price of $246.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Given Nokia's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nokia is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nokia
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
NXP Semiconductors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 26 more articles in the media than Nokia. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 8 mentions for Nokia. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Nokia's score of 0.20 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nokia
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NXP Semiconductors
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Nokia on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NOK vs. The Competition

MetricNokiaWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.82B$13.53B$27.66B$20.65B
Dividend Yield2.31%1.57%3.13%3.72%
P/E Ratio34.4838.0337.2128.08
Price / Sales1.34255.701,987.7238.45
Price / Cash8.2218.8134.7518.22
Price / Book1.2627.337.204.61
Net Income$1.38B$203.49M$763.57M$983.39M
7 Day Performance-0.37%-1.03%1.93%2.57%
1 Month Performance-4.42%10.02%5.55%5.08%
1 Year Performance32.59%32.29%52,329.19%15.10%

Nokia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOK
Nokia
2.4482 of 5 stars
$5.17
-0.6%
$5.85
+13.1%
+32.6%$27.82B$20.80B34.4880,361
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9081 of 5 stars
$217.44
+0.2%
$244.78
+12.6%
-14.9%$54.93B$12.61B23.6934,500Positive News
VRT
Vertiv
3.6496 of 5 stars
$128.38
+1.0%
$126.69
-1.3%
+39.4%$48.93B$8.01B74.6427,000Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6418 of 5 stars
$250.51
+1.4%
$258.75
+3.3%
+14.6%$46.83B$21.33B29.7246,000Positive News
ERIC
Ericsson
1.8225 of 5 stars
$8.46
+0.2%
$9.80
+15.8%
+35.1%$28.33B$23.45B169.20105,500Trending News
STM
STMicroelectronics
2.7148 of 5 stars
$30.44
+1.1%
$29.67
-2.5%
-24.0%$27.34B$13.27B25.8048,300
UI
Ubiquiti
1.1613 of 5 stars
$409.58
+1.7%
$343.50
-16.1%
+187.5%$24.78B$1.93B45.111,380Positive News
ASX
ASE Technology
2.6835 of 5 stars
$10.31
-2.6%
N/A-9.8%$22.76B$18.54B21.9497,800
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.0465 of 5 stars
$52.49
-0.8%
$56.08
+6.8%
-22.6%$21.94B$7.08B36.4531,100Trending News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.4275 of 5 stars
$408.49
+0.5%
$459.25
+12.4%
+11.3%$21.80B$5.59B27.6416,300Positive News
GFS
GlobalFoundries
2.7186 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.6%
$47.09
+23.3%
-25.9%$21.11B$6.75B-112.2914,600Positive News
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This page (NYSE:NOK) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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