LPL vs. DRS, NXT, QRVO, OLED, LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, PI, and SIMO
Should you be buying LG Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LG Display include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Universal Display (OLED), Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
LG Display vs. Its Competitors
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and LG Display (NYSE:LPL) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 11 more articles in the media than LG Display. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 0 mentions for LG Display. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat LG Display's score of 0.00 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Leonardo DRS presently has a consensus target price of $44.29, indicating a potential downside of 5.67%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than LG Display.
Leonardo DRS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LG Display. LG Display is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 7.00% compared to LG Display's net margin of -7.17%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 10.63% beat LG Display's return on equity.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LG Display has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of LG Display shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Leonardo DRS beats LG Display on 14 of the 16 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 NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:LPL) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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