LILM vs. LASR, CASS, WEAV, MGIC, ASTS, PLPC, PL, ATEX, MITK, and PERI
Should you be buying Lilium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lilium include nLIGHT (LASR), Cass Information Systems (CASS), Weave Communications (WEAV), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Anterix (ATEX), Mitek Systems (MITK), and Perion Network (PERI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) and Lilium (NASDAQ:LILM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of Lilium shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of nLIGHT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.1% of Lilium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
nLIGHT has higher revenue and earnings than Lilium.
In the previous week, Lilium had 14 more articles in the media than nLIGHT. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lilium and 1 mentions for nLIGHT. Lilium's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat nLIGHT's score of 0.68 indicating that nLIGHT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
nLIGHT has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lilium has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
nLIGHT presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. Lilium has a consensus target price of $2.53, suggesting a potential upside of 100.40%. Given nLIGHT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lilium is more favorable than nLIGHT.
nLIGHT received 181 more outperform votes than Lilium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lilium an outperform vote.
Lilium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lilium's net margin of -23.81%. nLIGHT's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lilium's return on equity.
Summary
Lilium beats nLIGHT on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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