UI vs. ERIC, NOK, VSAT, HLIT, PL, AVNW, COMM, GILT, CRNT, and BKSY
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), CommScope (COMM), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), and BlackSky Technology (BKSY). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Ubiquiti's net margin of -14.13%. Ubiquiti's return on equity of 11.39% beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s return on equity.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) currently has a consensus price target of $5.90, suggesting a potential downside of 11.81%. Ubiquiti has a consensus price target of $134.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.00%. Given Ubiquiti's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
Ubiquiti has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.0% of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are held by institutional investors. 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are held by 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, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) both had 5 articles in the media. Ubiquiti's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s score of 0.48 indicating that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ubiquiti pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) pays out -17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ubiquiti pays out 41.5% 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. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) received 597 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.71% of users gave Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) an outperform vote while only 41.94% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
Summary
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) and Ubiquiti tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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