UI vs. NOK, ERIC, VSAT, HLIT, PL, AVNW, GILT, COMM, CRNT, and BKSY
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), and BlackSky Technology (BKSY). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) and Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nokia Oyj has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nokia Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. Nokia Oyj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ubiquiti pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nokia Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ubiquiti pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nokia Oyj pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Nokia Oyj had 16 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Nokia Oyj and 3 mentions for Ubiquiti. Nokia Oyj's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Ubiquiti's score of 0.13 indicating that Nokia Oyj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ubiquiti currently has a consensus price target of $134.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.40%. Nokia Oyj has a consensus price target of $4.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.21%. Given Nokia Oyj's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nokia Oyj is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Nokia Oyj's net margin of 3.90%. Nokia Oyj's return on equity of 8.39% beat Ubiquiti's return on equity.
Nokia Oyj received 944 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.88% of users gave Nokia Oyj an outperform vote while only 41.30% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nokia Oyj shares are held by institutional investors. 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Nokia Oyj beats Ubiquiti on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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