Ubiquiti (UI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NXPI or UI?

NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, 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
NXP Semiconductors	$12.61B	4.25	$2.51B	$9.73	21.72
Ubiquiti	$2.15B	9.07	$349.96M	$7.36	43.79

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

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NXPI or UI?

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $267.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.34%. Ubiquiti has a consensus price target of $331.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.69%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Ubiquiti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84
Ubiquiti	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is NXPI or UI more profitable?

Ubiquiti has a net margin of 20.68% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 19.90%. Ubiquiti's return on equity of 296.82% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors	19.90%	31.45%	12.56%
Ubiquiti	20.68%	296.82%	37.70%

Is NXPI or UI a better dividend stock?

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ubiquiti pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ubiquiti pays out 32.6% 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.

Does the media favor NXPI or UI?

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 24 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 6 mentions for Ubiquiti. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Ubiquiti's score of 0.59 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ubiquiti	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NXPI or UI?

NXP Semiconductors received 1073 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.52% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 44.23% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NXP Semiconductors	Outperform Votes 1119 73.52%	Underperform Votes 403 26.48%
Ubiquiti	Outperform Votes 46 44.23%	Underperform Votes 58 55.77%

Which has more risk and volatility, NXPI or UI?

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Ubiquiti on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.