NOK vs. ERIC, UI, MSI, NET, VRSN, CDW, FTV, GIB, UMC, and MPWR
Should you be buying Nokia Oyj stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nokia Oyj include Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Cloudflare (NET), VeriSign (VRSN), CDW (CDW), Fortive (FTV), CGI (GIB), United Microelectronics (UMC), and Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nokia Oyj vs.
Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Nokia Oyj has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Nokia Oyj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nokia Oyj has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nokia Oyj has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s net margin of 6.20%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s return on equity of 15.25% beat Nokia Oyj's return on equity.
Nokia Oyj presently has a consensus target price of $5.73, suggesting a potential upside of 40.66%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a consensus target price of $59.95, suggesting a potential upside of 1,046.27%. Given Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is more favorable than Nokia Oyj.
In the previous week, Nokia Oyj had 13 more articles in the media than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Nokia Oyj and 6 mentions for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Nokia Oyj's score of 0.61 indicating that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.6% of Nokia Oyj shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nokia Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Nokia Oyj pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays out 34.0% 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.
Nokia Oyj received 342 more outperform votes than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave Nokia Oyj an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) an outperform vote.
Summary
Nokia Oyj beats Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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