UMC vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, ERIC, NOK, UI, STM, ASX, GFS, and HUBB
Should you be buying United Microelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Microelectronics include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), ASE Technology (ASX), GlobalFoundries (GFS), and Hubbell (HUBB). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
United Microelectronics vs.
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Microelectronics currently has a consensus price target of $7.40, indicating a potential downside of 4.39%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus price target of $246.22, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than United Microelectronics.
United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. United Microelectronics pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.1% 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 received 747 more outperform votes than United Microelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.
United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NXP Semiconductors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 10 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 15 mentions for United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 1.37 indicating that United Microelectronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 20.35% compared to NXP Semiconductors' net margin of 19.90%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 31.45% beat United Microelectronics' return on equity.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats United Microelectronics on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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