DIA vs. XPP, CWR, DWHT, DWHA, IKA, AFC, EAAS, GELN, LPA, and PPS
Should you be buying Dialight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dialight include XP Power (XPP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), AFC Energy (AFC), eEnergy Group (EAAS), Gelion (GELN), LPA Group (LPA), and Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Dialight vs.
XP Power (LON:XPP) and Dialight (LON:DIA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
XP Power received 66 more outperform votes than Dialight when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.66% of users gave XP Power an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave Dialight an outperform vote.
66.1% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Dialight shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Dialight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
XP Power has a net margin of -5.19% compared to Dialight's net margin of -14.38%. XP Power's return on equity of -9.45% beat Dialight's return on equity.
XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Dialight pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.8%. XP Power pays out -155.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dialight pays out -34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
XP Power has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% 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.
In the previous week, XP Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Dialight'saverage media sentiment score.
XP Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dialight. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dialight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XP Power currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,470, suggesting a potential upside of 130.05%. Given XP Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than Dialight.
Summary
XP Power beats Dialight on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DIA) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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