LSC vs. MRL, SNX, JNEO, FA, CSSG, THRU, MORT, NWT, WSG, and PEG
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), Thruvision Group (THRU), Mortice (MORT), Newmark Security (NWT), Westminster Group (WSG), and Petards Group (PEG). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.
London Security vs.
Marlowe (LON:MRL) and London Security (LON:LSC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
55.5% of Marlowe shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of Marlowe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 99.0% of London Security shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds 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.
London Security has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Marlowe has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Security has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
London Security has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.53%. London Security's return on equity of 14.66% beat Marlowe's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marlowe had 2 more articles in the media than London Security. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Marlowe and 0 mentions for London Security. Marlowe's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat London Security's score of 0.00 indicating that Marlowe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marlowe currently has a consensus price target of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 118.07%. Given Marlowe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.
Summary
Marlowe beats London Security on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LSC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
