Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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

Which has better 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	£912.80M	0.61	£39.30M	£0.16	1,915.63
Luceco	£217.50M	0.94	£18.30M	£0.12	1,108.33

Is VLX or LUCE more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.30%	14.15%	6.30%
Luceco	8.41%	20.88%	8.58%

Does the media refer more to VLX or LUCE?

In the previous week, Luceco had 2 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luceco and 3 mentions for Volex. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Volex's score of -0.47 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Luceco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, VLX or LUCE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Is VLX or LUCE a better dividend stock?

Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. 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.

Do analysts recommend VLX or LUCE?

Volex currently has a consensus price target of GBX 415, suggesting a potential upside of 35.40%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	2 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 insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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