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NOK vs. NXPI, VRT, LHX, ERIC, STM, UI, ASX, ON, HUBB, and GFS

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

Nokia vs. Its Competitors

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nokia has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B4.66$2.51B$9.1825.35
Nokia$20.80B1.34$1.38B$0.1534.47

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Nokia's net margin of 4.09%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 29.62% beat Nokia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors19.16% 29.62% 11.55%
Nokia 4.09%8.73%4.67%

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nokia pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nokia pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $246.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Nokia has a consensus price target of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Given Nokia's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nokia is more favorable than NXP Semiconductors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Nokia
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 23 more articles in the media than Nokia. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 9 mentions for Nokia. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Nokia's score of 0.14 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nokia
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nokia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Nokia on 15 of the 19 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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NOK vs. The Competition

MetricNokiaWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.93B$13.57B$27.81B$20.72B
Dividend Yield2.31%1.57%3.12%3.72%
P/E Ratio34.4838.0337.1028.09
Price / Sales1.34255.702,010.7238.30
Price / Cash8.2218.8138.5922.53
Price / Book1.2627.367.234.58
Net Income$1.38B$203.49M$763.57M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-0.08%-1.72%2.68%2.79%
1 Month Performance-3.80%11.80%6.33%5.46%
1 Year Performance32.59%32.28%51,825.67%15.06%

Nokia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOK
Nokia
2.1331 of 5 stars
$5.17
-0.6%
$5.85
+13.1%
+34.3%$27.93B$20.80B34.4880,361
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.912 of 5 stars
$217.44
+0.2%
$244.78
+12.6%
-14.5%$54.93B$12.61B23.6934,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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VRT
Vertiv
3.6615 of 5 stars
$128.38
+1.0%
$126.69
-1.3%
+36.9%$48.93B$8.01B74.6427,000Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.7069 of 5 stars
$250.51
+1.4%
$258.75
+3.3%
+14.3%$46.83B$21.33B29.7246,000Positive News
ERIC
Ericsson
1.8573 of 5 stars
$8.46
+0.2%
$9.80
+15.8%
+35.8%$28.33B$23.45B169.20105,500Trending News
STM
STMicroelectronics
2.5664 of 5 stars
$30.44
+1.1%
$29.67
-2.5%
-21.6%$27.34B$13.27B25.8048,300Analyst Upgrade
UI
Ubiquiti
1.202 of 5 stars
$409.58
+1.7%
$343.50
-16.1%
+185.5%$24.78B$1.93B45.111,380Positive News
ASX
ASE Technology
2.6995 of 5 stars
$10.31
-2.6%
N/A-7.7%$22.76B$18.54B21.9497,800
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.1423 of 5 stars
$52.49
-0.8%
$56.08
+6.8%
-21.9%$21.94B$7.08B36.4531,100Trending News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.4208 of 5 stars
$408.49
+0.5%
$459.25
+12.4%
+11.7%$21.80B$5.59B27.6416,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GFS
GlobalFoundries
2.9229 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.6%
$47.09
+23.3%
-22.4%$21.11B$6.75B-112.2914,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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