Universal Display Corporation
OLED · Price history
Price at last available close
$90.36
+$14.89 (+19.73%) 1M
2026-10-27
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Company & revenue
About Universal Display Corporation
Primary reporting period: 2025-12-31 · Research updated Oct 12, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
Universal Display Corporation is dedicated to the investigation, advancement, and market deployment of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) innovations and their constituent materials, primarily for use in display and solid-state illumination applications. The company safeguards its intellectual property with a vast global portfolio of roughly 5,500 patents, encompassing both granted and pending applications, which it either owns outright, licenses exclusively, or holds sole sublicensing authority over. Manufacturers of displays, lighting, and other goods procure its specialized UniversalPHOLED materials.
How they make money
Universal Display Corporation generates revenue primarily by selling proprietary organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials to display and lighting manufacturers and by licensing its patented OLED technologies. The company operates a business model focused on research, development, and commercialization, leveraging its intellectual property portfolio to earn recurring license fees and material sales revenue from global display panel manufacturers.
Products & services
The company provides proprietary OLED materials, including its UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED technology, and licenses intellectual property for use in displays for mobile phones, televisions, wearables, tablets, and automotive applications, as well as solid-state lighting.
Brands & revenue mix
Proprietary phosphorescent OLED technology used for high-efficiency displays and lighting.
Separate brand revenue is not available in this research.Source
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Product / operating segments
Period ended 2025-12-31Source
Period ended 2025-12-31Source
Period ended 2025-12-31Source
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Geographic revenue
No reconciled geographic revenue breakdown was confirmed for the current research period.
Disclosed major customers
Customer concentration
The company's revenue is highly concentrated among a small number of large OLED display manufacturers, with a significant portion of revenue derived from a few key customers as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
Suppliers, materials & equipment
- Chemical and material manufacturers — The company relies on third-party manufacturers to synthesize its proprietary OLED materials; specific supplier names are not disclosed.Source
Strengths
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
48
Weak
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
75
Strong
Financial Strength
83
Business Quality / Moat
71
Management
100
Growth Quality
19
Risk / Durability
97
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
29
Avoid
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
40/100
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Model Score 40/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is low across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. This can reflect an expensive share price, business weaknesses, or both; check Company Quality and the category breakdown before drawing a conclusion.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as less attractive based on the available valuation and market data.
The model outlook is currently cautious.
- •Balance-sheet / debt profile scores strongly
- •Recent buyback activity is present
- •Valuation is a weaker part of the current profile
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
- •Asset quality is a weaker factor
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for OLED
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •What is driving OLED's revenue decline, and does the latest company filing suggest the weakness is temporary or structural?
- •Is OLED's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •How is OLED likely to use its cash advantage: reinvestment, acquisitions, debt reduction, dividends or buybacks?
- •What future growth or profitability would be needed to justify OLED's current valuation?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
48
Opportunity Score
29
Market Cap
$4.15B
P/E Ratio
18.2
EPS
$4.15
52-Week High
$153.38
52-Week Low
$70.77
Beta
1.53
Intrinsic Value
$50.25
Analyst Target
$120.00
Shares Outstanding
47.7M
Total Revenue
$606.9M
Total Debt
$16.9M
Dividend Yield (TTM)
2.16%
Liquidation Value / Share
$35.33
Dividend / Share (TTM)
$1.95
Momentum & Volatility Signals
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Strong upward momentum
Low movement
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Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for OLED
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Dividend history reported
Dividend payments are recorded. Review the dates and regular/special classification below; past payments do not guarantee future dividends.
Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on OLED.
Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +Extensive portfolio of proprietary OLED technologies and patents.
- +Strong collaborative relationships with leading display manufacturers.
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
- −Key risks may include competition, margin pressure, debt levels, valuation risk, and changes in demand within the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry.
- −High customer concentration and dependence on a limited number of licensees.
- −Cybersecurity threats and potential incidents.
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Scores
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Score Changes
3 historical score records availablePrevious Score
48
Oct 1, 2026
Change
Unchanged
Current Score
48
Oct 12, 2026
Category Changes
OLED score was unchanged.
Projected Score
Projected Score
41
Projected Change
-6.8 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 6.8 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
OvervaluedCurrent Price
$90.36
Model Intrinsic Value
$50.25
Difference
+$40.11
+79.8% vs IV
Margin of Safety
-79.8%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $606.9M | $650.6M | $647.7M | $576.4M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $149.7M | $154.1M | $148.5M | $135.4M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $457.2M | $496.5M | $499.2M | $441.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $145.1M | $146.1M | $157.2M | $130.5M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $75.5M | $74.3M | $74.3M | $67.4M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $250.4M | $247.9M | $260.4M | $223.9M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $257.5M | $295.2M | $316.3M | $288.6M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $206.8M | $248.6M | $238.8M | $217.2M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $237.1M | $294.8M | $272.1M | $245.2M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $41.4M | $52.7M | $50.0M | $42.2M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $195.7M | $242.1M | $222.1M | $203.0M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $4.15 | $5.09 | $4.66 | $4.25 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 46.65M | 47.55M | 47.55M | 47.56M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 46.68M | 47.66M | 47.65M | 47.62M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$152.2M
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$1.06
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
-5.2%
Cash Change
+25.8%
Margin Change
-6.7 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Improved
- Cash position grew
- Debt reduced
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included cash levels, debt levels. Pressure indicators included revenue growth, EPS growth, net income margin. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue declined 11.4%. EPS declined 24.8%. Cash increased 25.8%. Total debt declined 5.2%. Net income margin declined by 6.7 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
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Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
40
Smart Money
40
Number of Gurus
1
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
Reduced Positions
Exited Positions
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Short Interest
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