LPA vs. DWHA, GELN, EAAS, PPS, AMTE, DGI, CLSN, SMS, VLX, and TFW
Should you be buying LPA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LPA Group include Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Gelion (GELN), eEnergy Group (EAAS), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), AMTE Power (AMTE), DG Innovate (DGI), Calisen (CLSN), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Volex (VLX), and FW Thorpe (TFW). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
LPA Group vs.
Dewhurst Group (LON:DWHA) and LPA Group (LON:LPA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
LPA Group received 75 more outperform votes than Dewhurst Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave LPA Group an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave Dewhurst Group an outperform vote.
Dewhurst Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPA Group has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dewhurst Group has a net margin of 8.54% compared to LPA Group's net margin of 4.16%. Dewhurst Group's return on equity of 8.75% beat LPA Group's return on equity.
Dewhurst Group has higher revenue and earnings than LPA Group. LPA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dewhurst Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.9% of Dewhurst Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of LPA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.2% of Dewhurst Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of LPA Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dewhurst Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. LPA Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Dewhurst Group pays out 2,539.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LPA Group pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, LPA Group had 1 more articles in the media than Dewhurst Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for LPA Group and 0 mentions for Dewhurst Group. LPA Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Dewhurst Group's score of 0.00 indicating that LPA Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Dewhurst Group beats LPA Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LPA) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
