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Universal Display Corporation OLED
$80.37 +3.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.69B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 19.5× trailing earnings, lower than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -44.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 59.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginTop 6%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 37%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 14%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.4% | -8.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -7.1% | -19.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 77.3% | 75.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 38.9% | 34.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 21.6% | 28.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.3% | -3.4% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -19.5% | -7.1% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Gross margin | 75.3% | 77.3% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | 34.1% | 38.9% | ↓ | Top 6% |
| Net margin | 32.2% | 36.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 28.0% | 21.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.8% | — | Bottom 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.34×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.40×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.42%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.48%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -10.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $122.60
- Target vs current price
- +52.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +2.9% | +0.2% | +7.2% | +8.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -32.7% | -2.8% | +4.9% | +5.0% | -9.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +8.6% | -2.3% | -11.6% | -20.4% | -22.9% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -22.0% | -7.8% | -17.6% | -17.2% | -20.1% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +21.6% | -1.4% | -5.1% | -3.7% | +1.9% |
| May 1, 2025 | +23.9% | +12.4% | +14.1% | +15.8% | +20.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +13.0% | +0.5% | +10.2% | +5.3% | +4.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +17.6% | -5.0% | -15.4% | -24.3% | -32.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.06 | $1.03 | +2.9% | $152.2M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.76 | $1.13 | -32.7% | $142.2M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.28 | +8.6% | $172.9M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.92 | $1.18 | -22.0% | $139.6M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.41 | $1.16 | +21.6% | $171.8M |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.09 | +23.9% | $166.3M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.08 | +13.0% | $162.3M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.40 | $1.19 | +17.6% | $161.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.5× | 31.6× | 10th | Top 16% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.9× | — | — | Top 23% |
| EV / Sales | 5.92× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.60% | — | — | Top 37% |
| Earnings yield | 5.14% | — | — | Top 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.4× – 59.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -44.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -19.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -30.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.2%
- RSI (14)
- 52.1
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 57th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.32
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.49
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -68.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2021 | Sep 24, 2026 | -71.8% | 1427 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.69B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $606.9M
- Dividend yield
- 2.43%
- 52-week range
- $73.23 – $153.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $553.5M | $616.6M | $576.4M | $647.7M | $650.6M |
| Gross profit | $438.5M | $488.7M | $441.1M | $499.2M | $496.5M |
| Operating income | $227.6M | $267.1M | $217.2M | $238.8M | $248.6M |
| Net income | $184.2M | $210.1M | $203.0M | $222.1M | $242.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.87 | $4.40 | $4.24 | $4.65 | $5.08 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $161.6M | $162.3M | $166.3M | $171.8M | $139.6M | $172.9M | $142.2M | $152.2M |
| Net income | $66.9M | $45.9M | $64.4M | $67.3M | $44.0M | $66.3M | $35.9M | $49.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.40 | $0.97 | $1.35 | $1.41 | $0.92 | $1.39 | $0.76 | $1.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $191.1M | $126.8M | $154.8M | $253.7M | $210.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$43.6M | -$47.2M | -$126.4M | -$42.6M | -$66.5M |
| Free cash flow | $147.6M | $79.6M | $28.4M | $211.1M | $144.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$37.9M | -$57.0M | -$66.7M | -$76.2M | -$85.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $1.5M | $1.6M | $2.0M | $2.2M | -$30.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $471.3M
- Total assets
- $1.89B
- Total liabilities
- $203.8M
- Total debt
- $16.9M
- Net debt
- -$103.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.68B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.50 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $0.50 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.50 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $0.45 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.45 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.45 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.45 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.40 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,643,489
- Days to cover
- 5.76
- Change vs previous report
- +15.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 11, 1996
- 91-for-1,000