STM vs. NXPI, VRT, LHX, NOK, GFS, HUBB, ASX, UI, ALAB, and UMC
Should you be buying STMicroelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STMicroelectronics include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Vertiv (VRT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Nokia Oyj (NOK), GlobalFoundries (GFS), Hubbell (HUBB), ASE Technology (ASX), Ubiquiti (UI), Astera Labs (ALAB), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
STMicroelectronics vs.
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) 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 profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus price target of $274.14, indicating a potential upside of 30.40%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus price target of $36.26, indicating a potential upside of 47.33%. Given STMicroelectronics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe STMicroelectronics is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.
STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than NXP Semiconductors. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 10 more articles in the media than STMicroelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 5 mentions for STMicroelectronics. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.27 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 is poised for long-term growth.
NXP Semiconductors received 575 more outperform votes than STMicroelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 20.98% compared to STMicroelectronics' net margin of 16.11%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 33.57% beat STMicroelectronics' return on equity.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STMicroelectronics pays out 14.8% 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.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats STMicroelectronics on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STM) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
