LTBR vs. III, JUNE, LICN, ISDR, WHLM, AERT, AINC, CISO, RVYL, and ATIF
Should you be buying Lightbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightbridge include Information Services Group (III), Junee (JUNE), Lichen China (LICN), Issuer Direct (ISDR), Wilhelmina International (WHLM), Aeries Technology (AERT), Ashford (AINC), CISO Global (CISO), Ryvyl (RVYL), and ATIF (ATIF). These companies are all part of the "management consulting services" industry.
Lightbridge (NASDAQ:LTBR) and Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Lightbridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of -0.26%. Information Services Group's return on equity of 7.81% beat Lightbridge's return on equity.
Information Services Group received 284 more outperform votes than Lightbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Lightbridge an outperform vote.
Lightbridge has a beta of 2.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Information Services Group has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
9.1% of Lightbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Information Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Lightbridge shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Information Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Information Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lightbridge. Information Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Information Services Group has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Information Services Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Information Services Group is more favorable than Lightbridge.
In the previous week, Information Services Group had 8 more articles in the media than Lightbridge. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Information Services Group and 2 mentions for Lightbridge. Lightbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Information Services Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Lightbridge is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Information Services Group beats Lightbridge on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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