STM vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, UI, ASX, HUBB, UMC, and GFS
Should you be buying STMicroelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STMicroelectronics include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), ASE Technology (ASX), Hubbell (HUBB), United Microelectronics (UMC), and GlobalFoundries (GFS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
STMicroelectronics vs. Its Competitors
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. STMicroelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STMicroelectronics pays out 25.4% 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.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.16% compared to STMicroelectronics' net margin of 8.94%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 29.62% beat STMicroelectronics' return on equity.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NXP Semiconductors received 592 more outperform votes than STMicroelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.58% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.
NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus price target of $244.78, suggesting a potential upside of 12.16%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than STMicroelectronics.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than STMicroelectronics. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STMicroelectronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 13 more articles in the media than STMicroelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 5 mentions for STMicroelectronics. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.84 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats STMicroelectronics on 17 of the 20 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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This page (NYSE:STM) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
