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Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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GBX 130 +1.20 (+0.93%)
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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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Volex£912.80M0.57£39.30M£0.161,796.51
Luceco£217.50M0.92£18.30M£0.121,083.33

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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 3.8%. 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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VolexOutperform Votes
237
75.72%
Underperform Votes
76
24.28%
LucecoOutperform Votes
143
68.42%
Underperform Votes
66
31.58%

In the previous week, Luceco had 1 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Luceco and 0 mentions for Volex. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Luceco'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Volex Neutral
Luceco Neutral

Volex currently has a consensus price target of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 39.16%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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

Volex has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock 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 4.30%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.88% beat Volex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Volex4.30% 14.15% 6.30%
Luceco 8.41%20.88%8.58%

Summary

Volex beats Luceco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUCE vs. The Competition

MetricLucecoElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£200.50M£2.77B£3.90B£1.40B
Dividend Yield3.21%3.72%4.39%11.74%
P/E Ratio1,083.33365.66524.321,558.04
Price / Sales0.922,131.84421.07311,012.94
Price / Cash17.8529.5228.3832.94
Price / Book2.2010.163.992.85
Net Income£18.30M-£38.34M£179.68M£152.80M
7 Day Performance0.62%1.12%-0.70%18.96%
1 Month Performance-1.22%6.69%0.94%18.69%
1 Year Performance1.72%11.22%25.31%23.73%

Luceco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 130
+0.9%
N/A+7.3%£200.50M£217.50M1,083.331,504News Coverage
VLX
Volex
N/AGBX 298.50
-0.5%
GBX 400
+34.0%
-11.1%£539.00M£912.80M1,871.8812,000
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 325
+0.9%
N/A-12.2%£381.52M£177.49M1,533.33900
CWR
Ceres Power
N/AGBX 167
-0.7%
GBX 650
+289.2%
-7.0%£323.25M£39.16M-800.48591
XPP
XP Power
2.2163 of 5 stars
GBX 1,260
flat
GBX 1,656.67
+31.5%
+4.8%£298.37M£283.30M-1,680.002,435Positive News
High Trading Volume
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 167.78
-0.7%
N/A+46.5%£195.62M£221.25M938.897,800
AFC
AFC Energy
2.6451 of 5 stars
GBX 10
-1.0%
GBX 4,000
+39,900.0%
-56.2%£85.44M£719,328.00-336.67120News Coverage
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,040
+4.0%
N/A+43.4%£46.07M£58.55M1,587.30338Dividend Increase
Positive News
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 104
+1.0%
N/A-30.4%£41.42M£180.80M-346.671,358Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
1.7572 of 5 stars
GBX 21.38
-2.8%
GBX 100
+367.8%
-47.3%£35.76M£2.09M-716.6772Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 560
+1.6%
N/A-5.2%£24.81M£58.55M904.76338Gap Up

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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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