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LPL vs. UMC, DRS, LITE, NXT, QRVO, TSEM, OLED, SITM, ALGM, 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), Lumentum (LITE), Nextracker (NXT), Qorvo (QRVO), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Universal Display (OLED), SiTime (SITM), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), and Impinj (PI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

LG Display vs. Its Competitors

United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and LG Display (NYSE:LPL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

United Microelectronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Microelectronics$7.09B2.45$1.49B$0.4914.08
LG Display$19.51B0.25-$1.79B-$0.42-11.40

5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of LG Display shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LG Display has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Microelectronics16.71% 11.05% 7.15%
LG Display -2.25%-7.60%-1.92%

United Microelectronics presently has a consensus price target of $7.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Given United Microelectronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than LG Display.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Microelectronics
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
LG Display
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60

In the previous week, LG Display had 5 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LG Display and 3 mentions for United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat LG Display's score of 0.70 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Microelectronics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
LG Display
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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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LPL vs. The Competition

MetricLG DisplayCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.96B$589.85M$31.97B$21.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%3.18%3.50%
P/E Ratio-11.404.63453.7229.81
Price / Sales0.254.281,650.9752.31
Price / Cash2.728.4037.2924.68
Price / Book0.852.347.454.54
Net Income-$1.79B-$113.96M$809.77M$999.97M
7 Day Performance9.84%0.25%2.05%-0.18%
1 Month Performance8.35%2.86%6.35%4.37%
1 Year Performance23.91%7.18%24,197.92%14.40%

LG Display Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPL
LG Display
0.9787 of 5 stars
$4.79
-3.4%
N/A+23.6%$4.96B$19.51B-11.4060,792News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
UMC
United Microelectronics
2.5067 of 5 stars
$6.89
+1.3%
$7.40
+7.5%
-18.4%$17.08B$7.09B14.0519,016Positive News
DRS
Leonardo DRS
3.6508 of 5 stars
$41.05
-0.4%
$46.75
+13.9%
+50.5%$10.96B$3.23B44.147,000Insider Trade
LITE
Lumentum
3.3859 of 5 stars
$149.40
0.0%
$125.86
-15.8%
+179.8%$10.45B$1.65B649.5710,562Analyst Downgrade
NXT
Nextracker
2.3927 of 5 stars
$69.76
-0.5%
$65.00
-6.8%
+84.0%$10.38B$2.96B19.011,300Positive News
Insider Trade
QRVO
Qorvo
4.4543 of 5 stars
$91.76
-1.2%
$95.35
+3.9%
-12.3%$8.61B$3.72B107.956,200Positive News
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor
2.7697 of 5 stars
$64.85
+2.6%
$66.00
+1.8%
+63.5%$7.01B$1.44B37.275,359Short Interest ↑
OLED
Universal Display
4.2022 of 5 stars
$145.41
+0.0%
$190.43
+31.0%
-33.3%$6.91B$647.68M28.40440Positive News
SITM
SiTime
1.322 of 5 stars
$244.57
+4.2%
$243.33
-0.5%
+81.3%$6.10B$202.70M-70.28380
ALGM
Allegro MicroSystems
3.162 of 5 stars
$30.39
-0.6%
$36.78
+21.0%
+33.9%$5.66B$725.01M-82.132,300Positive News
PI
Impinj
2.7219 of 5 stars
$200.78
+5.1%
$163.29
-18.7%
+2.2%$5.56B$366.09M20,098.10390Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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