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London Security (LSC) Competitors

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GBX 3,650 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 03/28/2025

LSC vs. MRL, SNX, JNEO, FA, CSSG, NWT, MORT, WSG, PEG, and THRU

Should you be buying London Security stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Security include Marlowe (MRL), Synectics (SNX), Journeo (JNEO), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), Westminster Group (WSG), Petards Group (PEG), and Thruvision Group (THRU). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.

London Security vs.

London Security (LON:LSC) and Marlowe (LON:MRL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

London Security has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marlowe. Marlowe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Security, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
London Security£218.64M2.02£22.60M£189.5819.25
Marlowe£418.37M0.62-£8.48M-£10.75-30.23

55.5% of Marlowe shares are held by institutional investors. 99.0% of London Security shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Marlowe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Marlowe received 92 more outperform votes than London Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Marlowe an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave London Security an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
London SecurityOutperform Votes
39
70.91%
Underperform Votes
16
29.09%
MarloweOutperform Votes
131
77.51%
Underperform Votes
38
22.49%

London Security has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.03%. London Security's return on equity of 14.69% beat Marlowe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Security10.34% 14.69% 9.47%
Marlowe -2.03%-2.33%1.41%

In the previous week, Marlowe had 1 more articles in the media than London Security. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Marlowe and 0 mentions for London Security. Marlowe's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat London Security's score of 0.00 indicating that Marlowe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Security Neutral
Marlowe Positive

London Security has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marlowe has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Marlowe has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 115.38%. Given Marlowe's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
London Security
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Marlowe
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Marlowe beats London Security on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LSC vs. The Competition

MetricLondon SecuritySecurity & Protection Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£441.27M£77.47M£6.86B£2.62B
Dividend Yield3.44%6.78%3.55%4.82%
P/E Ratio19.2554.8220.75141.21
Price / Sales2.0258.2275.36284,295.48
Price / Cash9.399.5926.8328.19
Price / Book2.802.263.694.60
Net Income£22.60M£366,942.10£793.45M£5.84B
7 Day Performance1.39%-2.02%-0.69%1.43%
1 Month Performance1.39%-3.59%-1.14%7.42%
1 Year PerformanceN/A16.98%17.91%31.20%

London Security Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSC
London Security
N/AGBX 3,650
flat
N/A+19.7%£441.27M£218.64M19.251,596
MRL
Marlowe
2.1412 of 5 stars
GBX 328.52
+0.2%
GBX 700
+113.1%
-37.5%£262.88M£418.37M-30.554,972High Trading Volume
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 311
+1.3%
N/A+79.0%£51.08M£52.08M17.3123,500News Coverage
JNEO
Journeo
N/AGBX 267.45
+2.5%
N/A+0.7%£45.31M£51.30M10.76185Earnings Report
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
FA
FireAngel Safety Technology Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.92M£53.35M-181.255,500High Trading Volume
CSSG
Croma Security Solutions Group
N/AGBX 83.70
-3.2%
N/A+21.5%£11.49M£9.05M20.4472Positive News
NWT
Newmark Security
N/AGBX 72.50
flat
N/A-8.7%£6.80M£22.28M50.72102Positive News
MORT
Mortice
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.40M£229.62M2.64N/AGap Up
WSG
Westminster Group
N/AGBX 2
-4.8%
N/A+16.1%£6.33M£5.77M-2.11256Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
PEG
Petards Group
N/AGBX 7.50
-3.2%
N/A+14.8%£4.65M£10.27M-2.6012,500News Coverage
THRU
Thruvision Group
N/AGBX 2
-4.8%
N/A-90.8%£3.65M£7.08M-0.8943Gap Up
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This page (LON:LSC) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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