OLED vs. AVX, IIN, HUBB, VSH, MRCY, SNPO, VPG, CETX, CSGP, and CTSH
Should you be buying Universal Display stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Display include AVX (AVX), IntriCon (IIN), Hubbell (HUBB), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Cemtrex (CETX), CoStar Group (CSGP), and Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH).
AVX (NYSE:AVX) and Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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 0.58 beat Universal Display's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Display is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.2% of Universal Display shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AVX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Universal Display shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 raised 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.
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.
AVX has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Display.
Universal Display has a consensus target price of $199.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.75%. Given AVX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Display is more favorable than AVX.
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.
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.
Summary
Universal Display beats AVX on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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