PL vs. OLED, LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, LPL, PI, SIMO, VIAV, and NN
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Universal Display (OLED), Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and NextNav (NN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC vs. Its Competitors
Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both 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, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Universal Display has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.2% of Universal Display shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Universal Display shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Display has a net margin of 35.40% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -42.58%. Universal Display's return on equity of 15.35% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 18 more articles in the media than Universal Display. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 8 mentions for Universal Display. Universal Display's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Planet Labs PBC's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Display is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Display currently has a consensus target price of $190.43, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $6.71, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Universal Display's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Universal Display is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.
Universal Display has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Universal Display beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PL) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
