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$362.84 +3.37 (+0.94%)
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HUBB vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, ERIC, NOK, STM, GFS, UI, ASX, and UMC

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

Hubbell vs.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) 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 earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Hubbell shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hubbell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hubbell has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.90% compared to Hubbell's net margin of 13.82%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 31.45% beat Hubbell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors19.90% 31.45% 12.56%
Hubbell 13.82%28.62%13.10%

NXP Semiconductors received 794 more outperform votes than Hubbell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Hubbell an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NXP SemiconductorsOutperform Votes
1125
73.53%
Underperform Votes
405
26.47%
HubbellOutperform Votes
331
56.68%
Underperform Votes
253
43.32%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B3.71$2.51B$9.7318.94
Hubbell$5.63B3.46$777.80M$14.3625.27

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $252.85, suggesting a potential upside of 37.19%. Hubbell has a consensus price target of $449.38, suggesting a potential upside of 23.85%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Hubbell.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Hubbell
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 35 more articles in the media than Hubbell. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 25 mentions for Hubbell. Hubbell's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.69 indicating that Hubbell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors
21 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hubbell
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hubbell pays out 36.8% 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. Hubbell has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Hubbell on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HUBB vs. The Competition

MetricHubbellElectronic components & accessories IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.47B$2.41B$7.15B$18.97B
Dividend Yield1.47%2.60%3.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio25.279.6020.8232.71
Price / Sales3.4651.7980.9427.84
Price / Cash18.8839.2326.9417.53
Price / Book5.932.303.744.47
Net Income$777.80M$154.55M$807.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.66%3.44%3.18%2.26%
1 Month Performance9.40%-2.41%1.11%-2.86%
1 Year Performance-2.07%5.38%13.93%5.48%

Hubbell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUBB
Hubbell
3.2354 of 5 stars
$362.84
+0.9%
$449.38
+23.8%
-11.7%$19.47B$5.63B25.2716,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9873 of 5 stars
$196.24
+1.4%
$258.10
+31.5%
-26.1%$49.77B$12.61B20.1734,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6235 of 5 stars
$218.98
+1.3%
$257.25
+17.5%
+2.1%$41.11B$21.33B27.8246,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VRT
Vertiv
4.5485 of 5 stars
$86.13
-0.9%
$120.38
+39.8%
-9.1%$32.80B$8.01B67.2927,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ERIC
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
2.6033 of 5 stars
$8.25
+0.7%
$9.80
+18.9%
+61.2%$27.48B$249.58B-824,500.00105,500Positive News
NOK
Nokia Oyj
3.1826 of 5 stars
$4.92
-1.4%
$5.85
+18.9%
+35.0%$26.83B$19.22B19.6887,900Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
STM
STMicroelectronics
4.2924 of 5 stars
$23.16
-0.5%
$30.97
+33.7%
-44.2%$20.80B$13.27B13.9548,300Earnings Report
Gap Down
GFS
GlobalFoundries
4.1653 of 5 stars
$35.24
-0.1%
$48.85
+38.6%
-29.0%$19.48B$6.75B-73.4214,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
UI
Ubiquiti
1.2277 of 5 stars
$319.17
+1.9%
$331.00
+3.7%
+197.9%$19.31B$2.15B43.361,380Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ASX
ASE Technology
2.5906 of 5 stars
$8.74
-0.2%
N/A-15.8%$19.29B$595.41B19.4297,800Short Interest ↑
UMC
United Microelectronics
2.6299 of 5 stars
$6.94
+0.9%
$7.40
+6.6%
-11.2%$17.39B$235.53B11.9719,500Earnings Report

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