LUCE vs. TFW, CWR, SUP, XPP, AFC, DIA, IKA, DWHA, DWHT, and GELN
Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include FW Thorpe (TFW), Ceres Power (CWR), Supreme (SUP), XP Power (XPP), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Gelion (GELN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Luceco vs. Its Competitors
Luceco (LON:LUCE) and FW Thorpe (LON:TFW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Luceco had 4 more articles in the media than FW Thorpe. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Luceco and 0 mentions for FW Thorpe. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat FW Thorpe's score of 0.00 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. FW Thorpe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Luceco pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FW Thorpe pays out 33.9% 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.
FW Thorpe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Luceco. Luceco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FW Thorpe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Luceco presently has a consensus price target of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 26.20%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Luceco is more favorable than FW Thorpe.
FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Luceco's net margin of 8.41%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat FW Thorpe's return on equity.
23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of FW Thorpe shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.8% of FW Thorpe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Luceco beats FW Thorpe on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
