Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

Volex (LON:VLX) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is VLX or LUCE more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Volex's net margin of 4.21%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat Volex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.21%	12.97%	6.30%
Luceco	8.41%	19.86%	8.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VLX or LUCE?

Volex received 94 more outperform votes than Luceco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.72% of users gave Volex an outperform vote while only 68.42% of users gave Luceco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Volex	Outperform Votes 237 75.72%	Underperform Votes 76 24.28%
Luceco	Outperform Votes 143 68.42%	Underperform Votes 66 31.58%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VLX or LUCE?

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Luceco. Luceco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volex	£1.29B	0.46	£54.37M	£18.58	13.83
Luceco	£227.36M	0.96	£19.13M	£11.87	11.48

Which has more risk & volatility, VLX or LUCE?

Volex has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VLX or LUCE a better dividend stock?

Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Volex pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luceco pays out 42.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to VLX or LUCE?

In the previous week, Luceco had 5 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Luceco and 1 mentions for Volex. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Volex's score of -1.10 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Volex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Luceco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend VLX or LUCE?

Volex currently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 55.64%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Luceco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VLX or LUCE?

35.0% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Volex beats Luceco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.