DIA vs. SUP, CWR, DWHT, DWHA, IKA, AFC, GELN, EAAS, LPA, and PPS
Should you be buying Dialight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dialight include Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), AFC Energy (AFC), Gelion (GELN), eEnergy Group (EAAS), LPA Group (LPA), and Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Dialight vs.
Dialight (LON:DIA) and Supreme (LON:SUP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Dialight received 197 more outperform votes than Supreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Supreme an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave Dialight an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Supreme had 41 more articles in the media than Dialight. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Supreme and 0 mentions for Dialight. Supreme's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Dialight's score of 0.00 indicating that Supreme is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dialight pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Supreme pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dialight pays out -34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Supreme pays out 26.1% 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. Dialight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
87.1% of Dialight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Supreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Dialight shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.9% of Supreme shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dialight has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Supreme has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Supreme has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Dialight's net margin of -14.38%. Supreme's return on equity of 42.41% beat Dialight's return on equity.
Supreme has higher revenue and earnings than Dialight. Dialight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Supreme, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Supreme 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 3/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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