LPL vs. PI, AEIS, VICR, VREX, MVIS, NEON, NSYS, LGL, CRKN, and OST
Should you be buying LG Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LG Display include Impinj (PI), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Neonode (NEON), Nortech Systems (NSYS), The LGL Group (LGL), Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN), and Ostin Technology Group (OST). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
LG Display (NYSE:LPL) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Impinj received 59 more outperform votes than LG Display when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave LG Display an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Impinj had 10 more articles in the media than LG Display. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Impinj and 1 mentions for LG Display. LG Display's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Impinj's score of 0.54 indicating that LG Display is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LG Display has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Impinj has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LG Display. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LG Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Impinj has a consensus target price of $143.10, suggesting a potential downside of 5.32%. Given Impinj's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Impinj is more favorable than LG Display.
Impinj has a net margin of -1.90% compared to LG Display's net margin of -10.46%. LG Display's return on equity of -24.29% beat Impinj's return on equity.
Summary
Impinj beats LG Display on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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