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
LG Display (NYSE:LPL) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
LG Display has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of LG Display shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Leonardo DRS has a consensus target price of $44.29, indicating a potential downside of 6.09%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than LG Display.
LG Display pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Leonardo DRS pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. LG Display pays out -10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leonardo DRS pays out 41.4% 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. LG Display is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 6 more articles in the media than LG Display. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 1 mentions for LG Display. LG Display's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.73 indicating that LG Display is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Leonardo DRS beats LG Display on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LPL) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff