LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, XPP, CWR, SUP, IKA, AFC, DWHA, DWHT, and DIA
Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Ceres Power (CWR), Supreme (SUP), Ilika (IKA), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Dialight (DIA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Luceco vs.
Volex (LON:VLX) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Volex currently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 44.67%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Luceco.
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 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.
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.
In the previous week, Volex and Volex both had 1 articles in the media. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Luceco'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
Summary
Volex beats Luceco on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
