LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, CWR, XPP, SUP, AFC, DWHT, DIA, IKA, and DWHA
Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), Ceres Power (CWR), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), and Dewhurst Group (DWHA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Luceco vs.
Luceco (LON:LUCE) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Luceco has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Volex had 4 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Volex and 2 mentions for Luceco. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Luceco's score of 0.55 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Volex's net margin of 4.30%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.88% beat Volex's return on equity.
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.
Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Luceco pays out 4,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Volex pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Volex has a consensus target price of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Luceco.
Summary
Volex beats Luceco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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