LPL vs. UMC, DRS, NXT, QRVO, LITE, OLED, SITM, ALGM, TSEM, and PI
Should you be buying LG Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LG Display include United Microelectronics (UMC), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Lumentum (LITE), Universal Display (OLED), SiTime (SITM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Impinj (PI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
LG Display vs. Its Competitors
LG Display (NYSE:LPL) and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
LG Display has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of LG Display shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held 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.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 16.71% compared to LG Display's net margin of -2.25%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 11.05% beat LG Display's return on equity.
United Microelectronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LG Display. LG Display is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Microelectronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, United Microelectronics had 1 more articles in the media than LG Display. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for United Microelectronics and 4 mentions for LG Display. LG Display's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat United Microelectronics' score of 1.51 indicating that LG Display is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Microelectronics has a consensus target price of $7.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.53%. Given United Microelectronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than LG Display.
Summary
United Microelectronics beats LG Display on 13 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 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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