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OLED vs. STM, NOK, ERIC, UI, ON, ASX, GFS, HUBB, FLEX, and UMC

Should you be buying Universal Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Display include STMicroelectronics (STM), Nokia (NOK), Ericsson (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), ON Semiconductor (ON), ASE Technology (ASX), GlobalFoundries (GFS), Hubbell (HUBB), Flex (FLEX), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Universal Display vs. Its Competitors

Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Universal Display has a net margin of 35.40% compared to STMicroelectronics' net margin of 8.94%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.35% beat STMicroelectronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Display35.40% 15.35% 13.47%
STMicroelectronics 8.94%6.28%4.43%

Universal Display has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

78.2% of Universal Display shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Universal Display shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Universal Display pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STMicroelectronics pays out 26.3% 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. Universal Display has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Universal Display is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Universal Display currently has a consensus target price of $190.43, suggesting a potential upside of 27.37%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus target price of $33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.47%. Given Universal Display's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Universal Display is more favorable than STMicroelectronics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Universal Display
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
STMicroelectronics
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Display. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Universal Display$647.68M10.97$222.08M$4.8131.08
STMicroelectronics$13.27B1.82$1.56B$1.1822.74

In the previous week, STMicroelectronics had 16 more articles in the media than Universal Display. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for STMicroelectronics and 11 mentions for Universal Display. Universal Display's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.57 indicating that Universal Display is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Universal Display
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
STMicroelectronics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Universal Display beats STMicroelectronics on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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OLED vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal DisplayELEC IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.22B$5.60B$28.86B$9.48B
Dividend Yield1.18%2.75%3.00%3.99%
P/E Ratio31.0829.9831.1017.21
Price / Sales10.972.281,792.45103.11
Price / Cash26.2323.5138.6558.97
Price / Book4.392.297.825.90
Net Income$222.08M$171.53M$781.95M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.25%1.38%1.29%1.94%
1 Month Performance-3.96%4.35%7.09%12.02%
1 Year Performance-33.28%-1.84%52,962.36%20.80%

Universal Display Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OLED
Universal Display
4.528 of 5 stars
$149.51
-1.6%
$190.43
+27.4%
-34.3%$7.22B$647.68M31.08440Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
STM
STMicroelectronics
4.6893 of 5 stars
$31.81
-1.4%
$29.67
-6.7%
-21.2%$28.57B$13.27B26.9549,602Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
NOK
Nokia
3.5266 of 5 stars
$4.89
-1.9%
$5.85
+19.8%
+21.8%$26.29B$20.80B32.5780,361Trending News
Gap Down
ERIC
Ericsson
3.9145 of 5 stars
$7.84
-2.5%
$9.80
+25.0%
+15.2%$26.25B$249.58B156.8094,326
UI
Ubiquiti
1.8339 of 5 stars
$411.90
+1.7%
$343.50
-16.6%
+163.7%$24.92B$1.93B45.361,515News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ON
ON Semiconductor
3.9108 of 5 stars
$59.07
-1.1%
$57.65
-2.4%
-18.8%$24.68B$7.08B41.0226,490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ASX
ASE Technology
3.368 of 5 stars
$10.22
-1.9%
N/A-4.7%$22.55B$610.76B21.7397,079Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GFS
GlobalFoundries
3.162 of 5 stars
$40.35
-2.1%
$47.46
+17.6%
-25.4%$22.31B$6.79B-118.6713,000
HUBB
Hubbell
2.384 of 5 stars
$415.46
-0.9%
$456.25
+9.8%
+14.5%$22.17B$5.63B28.1117,700Upcoming Earnings
FLEX
Flex
3.3349 of 5 stars
$51.96
-0.4%
$49.43
-4.9%
+81.0%$19.42B$25.81B24.51147,979Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
UMC
United Microelectronics
3.0766 of 5 stars
$7.45
-0.7%
$7.40
-0.6%
-3.6%$18.70B$7.09B13.7919,016News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:OLED) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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