GFS vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, UI, STM, ASX, HUBB, and UMC
Should you be buying GlobalFoundries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GlobalFoundries include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), ASE Technology (ASX), Hubbell (HUBB), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
GlobalFoundries vs.
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
GlobalFoundries has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GlobalFoundries currently has a consensus target price of $47.09, suggesting a potential upside of 22.16%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus target price of $246.22, suggesting a potential upside of 13.26%. Given GlobalFoundries' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GlobalFoundries is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 10 more articles in the media than GlobalFoundries. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 7 mentions for GlobalFoundries. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat GlobalFoundries' score of 0.43 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalFoundries. GlobalFoundries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NXP Semiconductors received 1068 more outperform votes than GlobalFoundries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 48.31% of users gave GlobalFoundries an outperform vote.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.90% compared to GlobalFoundries' net margin of -3.93%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 31.45% beat GlobalFoundries' return on equity.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company 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.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats GlobalFoundries on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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