DWHT vs. LUCE, XPP, SUP, CWR, DWHA, IKA, DIA, AFC, EAAS, and GELN
Should you be buying Dewhurst Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dewhurst Group include Luceco (LUCE), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), Dialight (DIA), AFC Energy (AFC), eEnergy Group (EAAS), and Gelion (GELN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Dewhurst Group vs.
Luceco (LON:LUCE) and Dewhurst Group (LON:DWHT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Luceco had 6 more articles in the media than Dewhurst Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Luceco and 0 mentions for Dewhurst Group. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Dewhurst Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dewhurst Group received 21 more outperform votes than Luceco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Luceco an outperform vote while only 63.81% of users gave Dewhurst Group an outperform vote.
23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Dewhurst Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 83.5% of Dewhurst Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dewhurst Group has a net margin of 8.54% compared to Luceco's net margin of 8.41%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat Dewhurst Group's return on equity.
Luceco has higher revenue and earnings than Dewhurst Group. Dewhurst Group 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 3.7%. Dewhurst Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Luceco pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dewhurst Group pays out 13.1% 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.
Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dewhurst Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Luceco beats Dewhurst Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DWHT) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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