Universal Display (OLED) Competitors

AVX (NYSE:AVX) and Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Is AVX or OLED more profitable?

Universal Display has a net margin of 36.00% compared to Universal Display's net margin of 0.00%. AVX's return on equity of 15.57% beat Universal Display's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AVX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Universal Display	36.00%	15.57%	13.51%

Do analysts recommend AVX or OLED?

Universal Display has a consensus target price of $199.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Given AVX's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Display is more favorable than AVX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AVX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Universal Display	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media favor AVX or OLED?

In the previous week, Universal Display had 14 more articles in the media than AVX. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Universal Display and 4 mentions for AVX. AVX's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Universal Display's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Display is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AVX	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Universal Display	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVX or OLED?

78.2% of Universal Display shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AVX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Universal Display shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVX or OLED?

AVX has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Display has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVX or OLED a better dividend stock?

AVX pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Universal Display pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Universal Display pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Display has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Universal Display is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AVX or OLED?

AVX has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Display.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AVX	$1.79B	2.05	$271.81M	N/A	N/A
Universal Display	$576.43M	14.46	$203.01M	$4.60	38.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVX or OLED?

Universal Display received 224 more outperform votes than AVX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.45% of users gave Universal Display an outperform vote while only 64.79% of users gave AVX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AVX	Outperform Votes 333 64.79%	Underperform Votes 181 35.21%
Universal Display	Outperform Votes 557 65.45%	Underperform Votes 294 34.55%

Summary

Universal Display beats AVX on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.