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

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

Ericsson vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ericsson$23.45B1.07$1.89M$0.5014.92
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B4.52$2.51B$9.1824.61

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Ericsson's net margin of 7.06%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 29.62% beat Ericsson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ericsson7.06% 21.17% 6.64%
NXP Semiconductors 19.16%29.62%11.55%

In the previous week, Ericsson had 3 more articles in the media than NXP Semiconductors. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ericsson and 26 mentions for NXP Semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Ericsson's score of 0.38 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ericsson
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NXP Semiconductors
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ericsson presently has a consensus price target of $9.80, suggesting a potential upside of 31.37%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $253.74, suggesting a potential upside of 12.32%. Given Ericsson's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ericsson is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ericsson
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
NXP Semiconductors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

8.0% of Ericsson 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ericsson has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ericsson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ericsson pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.2% 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. Ericsson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Ericsson on 14 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 NASDAQ 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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ERIC vs. The Competition

MetricEricssonWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$24.71B$13.46B$28.69B$9.41B
Dividend Yield2.56%1.65%3.07%4.03%
P/E Ratio14.9218.4343.9220.09
Price / Sales1.07322.401,807.2699.01
Price / Cash11.4318.5738.0658.27
Price / Book2.8229.417.635.65
Net Income$1.89M$203.49M$779.03M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-7.21%2.23%2.35%2.09%
1 Month Performance-10.44%3.36%7.48%11.13%
1 Year Performance12.35%33.44%52,761.55%18.40%

Ericsson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ERIC
Ericsson
3.9354 of 5 stars
$7.46
+1.1%
$9.80
+31.4%
+9.7%$24.71B$23.45B14.9294,326Earnings Report
Options Volume
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9342 of 5 stars
$224.61
-1.9%
$251.63
+12.0%
-18.7%$56.74B$12.32B24.4733,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.4871 of 5 stars
$262.55
+1.2%
$263.81
+0.5%
+11.5%$49.08B$21.33B31.1447,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
VRT
Vertiv
3.9999 of 5 stars
$124.77
+1.2%
$135.35
+8.5%
+60.3%$47.55B$8.01B72.5431,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
STM
STMicroelectronics
2.4151 of 5 stars
$31.81
-1.4%
$29.67
-6.7%
-21.9%$28.57B$13.27B26.9549,602Upcoming Earnings
NOK
Nokia
2.6799 of 5 stars
$4.89
-1.9%
$5.85
+19.8%
+22.8%$26.29B$20.80B32.5780,361Upcoming Earnings
UI
Ubiquiti
1.5255 of 5 stars
$411.90
+1.7%
$343.50
-16.6%
+159.3%$24.92B$1.93B45.361,515
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.01 of 5 stars
$59.07
-1.1%
$57.65
-2.4%
-21.3%$24.68B$7.08B41.0226,490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ASX
ASE Technology
3.0708 of 5 stars
$10.22
-1.9%
N/A-6.7%$22.55B$610.76B21.7397,079Upcoming Earnings
GFS
GlobalFoundries
2.7326 of 5 stars
$40.35
-2.1%
$47.46
+17.6%
-30.4%$22.31B$6.79B-118.6713,000
HUBB
Hubbell
2.5168 of 5 stars
$415.46
-0.9%
$456.25
+9.8%
+19.3%$22.17B$5.63B28.1117,700Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ERIC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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