LG Display vs Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
LPL and TSM side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LPL and TSM compare
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (31.6% versus −3.0% for LG Display).
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 44.6% compared with 0.88% at LG Display.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 2 for LG Display), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LPL | TSM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Share price | $2.54 | $398.73 |
| Change, 1 year | −43.9% | 37.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −72.8% | 221% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.23 | 1.27 |
| Employees | – | 76K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −3.0% | 31.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.2% | 23.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 46.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 46.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 27.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 59.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 50.8% |
| Net margin | 0.88% | 44.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 26.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.4% | 35.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 64.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.84 | 0.03 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.76 (better) | −1.34 |
| Interest coverage | – | 157× |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 2.51 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | – | 27.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 15.6% | 3.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 6.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$10.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 19 |
Go deeper
- LPL stock overview
- LPL income statement
- LPL valuation and score
- TSM stock overview
- TSM income statement
- TSM valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.