DIA vs. LUCE, SUP, AFC, DWHT, IKA, GELN, DWHA, EAAS, DGI, 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), DG Innovate (DGI), and LPA Group (LPA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Dialight vs.
Luceco (LON:LUCE) and Dialight (LON:DIA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Luceco had 1 more articles in the media than Dialight. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Luceco and 0 mentions for Dialight. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Dialight's score of 0.00 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Luceco has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dialight has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Dialight pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. 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 pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dialight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Dialight shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Dialight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Luceco beats Dialight on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DIA) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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