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Dialight (DIA) Competitors

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GBX 133
-5.00 (-3.62%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

DIA vs. LUCE, SUP, AFC, DWHT, IKA, GELN, DWHA, EAAS, PPS, and LPA

Should you be buying Dialight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dialight include Luceco (LUCE), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Ilika (IKA), Gelion (GELN), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), eEnergy Group (EAAS), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), and LPA Group (LPA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

Dialight vs.

Dialight (LON:DIA) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Luceco had 6 more articles in the media than Dialight. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Luceco and 0 mentions for Dialight. Dialight's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Luceco's score of -0.06 indicating that Dialight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Dialight Neutral
Luceco Neutral

Dialight received 68 more outperform votes than Luceco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Luceco an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave Dialight an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DialightOutperform Votes
211
62.99%
Underperform Votes
124
37.01%
LucecoOutperform Votes
143
68.42%
Underperform Votes
66
31.58%

Dialight pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dialight pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luceco pays out 4,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dialight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

87.1% of Dialight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Dialight shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dialight has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dialight
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Luceco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Luceco has higher revenue and earnings than Dialight. Dialight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luceco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dialight£180.80M0.29-£26M-£0.30-443.33
Luceco£217.50M0.95£18.30M£0.121,111.67

Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Dialight's net margin of -14.38%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.88% beat Dialight's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dialight-14.38% -16.11% 0.05%
Luceco 8.41%20.88%8.58%

Summary

Luceco beats Dialight on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DIA vs. The Competition

MetricDialightElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£52.97M£1.63B£3.92B£1.57B
Dividend Yield3.46%3.74%4.17%11.26%
P/E Ratio-443.33363.96526.681,715.02
Price / Sales0.292,035.58423.41227,698.30
Price / Cash45.0719.1226.4035.65
Price / Book0.833.333.612.86
Net Income-£26M-£41.74M£184.67M£144.60M
7 Day Performance-6.67%-0.88%0.10%0.11%
1 Month Performance-29.63%-2.64%0.02%-0.16%
1 Year Performance-20.36%20.39%29.68%15.13%

Dialight Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 133
-3.6%
N/A-21.1%£52.97M£180.80M-443.331,358Gap Down
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 143
+1.1%
N/A+21.8%£220.55M£217.50M1,191.671,504
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 140
-0.7%
N/A+49.8%£163.23M£221.25M777.787,800
AFC
AFC Energy
2.2694 of 5 stars
GBX 7.87
-0.4%
GBX 4,000
+50,758.2%
-38.4%£67.20M£719,328.00-262.17120Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,090
-3.1%
N/A+48.6%£48.29M£58.55M1,730.16338Dividend Increase
Gap Up
IKA
Ilika
1.3673 of 5 stars
GBX 18.29
-1.2%
GBX 100
+446.8%
-35.7%£30.59M£2.09M-609.5772
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 20
-7.0%
N/A-22.0%£27.20M£2.09M-333.3343Gap Up
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 550
-0.5%
N/A-4.4%£24.37M£58.55M873.02338
EAAS
eEnergy Group
2.8202 of 5 stars
GBX 5.49
-2.0%
GBX 12
+118.6%
+39.4%£21.26M£17.54M-7.30131News Coverage
Gap Down
PPS
Proton Motor Power Systems
N/AGBX 0.84
+20.0%
N/A-83.0%£13.94M£1.82M-84.00115
LPA
LPA Group
N/AGBX 57.50
+0.9%
N/A-29.3%£7.77M£24.14M821.43140News Coverage

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This page (LON:DIA) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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