NASDAQ:OLED - Universal Display Stock Price, Forecast & News

Universal Display's stock was trading at $147.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, OLED shares have decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at $137.35. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Display in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Universal Display.

Universal Display is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Universal Display.

Universal Display Co. (NASDAQ:OLED) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The semiconductor company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.04. The semiconductor company earned $101.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $100.53 million. Universal Display had a net margin of 34.13% and a return on equity of 18.78%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 45.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.40 earnings per share. View Universal Display's earnings history.

Universal Display announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This is a positive change from Universal Display's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Universal Display's dividend history.

Universal Display issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $430-470 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $496.05 million.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Universal Display's shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $223.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Display's share price to reach $192.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Universal Display.

News coverage about OLED stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Universal Display earned a news impact score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutUniversal Display.

Universal Display saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,290,000 shares, an increase of 33.6% from the February 13th total of 965,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 628,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Universal Display's Current Options Chain.

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Universal Display trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "OLED."

Universal Display's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.27%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.58%), Griffin Asset Management Inc. (1.36%), Norges Bank (1.22%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.21%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.11%). Company insiders that own Universal Display stock include C Keith Hartley, Cynthia Jane Comparin, Janice K Mahon, Jonathan W Painter, Julia J Brown, Lawrence Lacerte, Mauro Premutico, Richard C Elias, Rosemarie B Greco, Sidney D Rosenblatt and Steven V Abramson. View institutional ownership trends for Universal Display.

OLED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., TD Asset Management Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Universal Display company stock in the last year include C Keith Hartley, Janice K Mahon, Jonathan W Painter, Julia J Brown, Lawrence Lacerte, Mauro Premutico, Rosemarie B Greco, Sidney D Rosenblatt, and Steven V Abramson. View insider buying and selling activity for Universal Display.

OLED stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Geode Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Universal Display.

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One share of OLED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $137.35.

Universal Display has a market capitalization of $6.48 billion and generates $405.18 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $138.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.30 on an earnings per share basis. Universal Display employs 265 workers across the globe. View additional information about Universal Display.

The official website for Universal Display is http://www.oled.com/.

Universal Display's mailing address is 375 PHILLIPS BOULEVARD, EWING NJ, 08618. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 609-671-0980 or via email at [email protected]