UI vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, ALAB, ERIC, STM, NOK, HUBB, ASX, and CLS
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ericsson (ERIC), STMicroelectronics (STM), Nokia (NOK), Hubbell (HUBB), ASE Technology (ASX), and Celestica (CLS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Ubiquiti vs. Its Competitors
Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ubiquiti currently has a consensus target price of $499.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.61%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus target price of $256.05, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 19 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 9 mentions for Ubiquiti. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Ubiquiti's score of 0.91 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 27.66% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 17.72%. Ubiquiti's return on equity of 166.22% beat NXP Semiconductors' return on equity.
Ubiquiti pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ubiquiti pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 48.4% 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 higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats Ubiquiti on 11 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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This page (NYSE:UI) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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