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$2.36 0.00 (-0.04%)
As of 03/25/2025 03:10 PM Eastern
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DSWL vs. LWLG, YHGJ, NEWH, NCL, FORD, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, and ENTG

Should you be buying Deswell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deswell Industries include Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Northann (NCL), Forward Industries (FORD), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), and Entegris (ENTG).

Deswell Industries vs.

Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) and Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Deswell Industries has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightwave Logic's net margin of -19,416.81%. Deswell Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightwave Logic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightwave Logic-19,416.81% -61.49% -54.66%
Deswell Industries N/A N/A N/A

Deswell Industries received 134 more outperform votes than Lightwave Logic when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lightwave LogicN/AN/A
Deswell IndustriesOutperform Votes
134
68.72%
Underperform Votes
61
31.28%

In the previous week, Lightwave Logic had 2 more articles in the media than Deswell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lightwave Logic and 1 mentions for Deswell Industries. Deswell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Lightwave Logic's score of 0.18 indicating that Deswell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lightwave Logic Neutral
Deswell Industries Very Positive

Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Lightwave Logic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightwave Logic$95.61K1,448.96-$21.04M-$0.19-5.84
Deswell Industries$66.81M0.56$7.71MN/AN/A

Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of Deswell Industries shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Deswell Industries beats Lightwave Logic on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DSWL vs. The Competition

MetricDeswell IndustriesPlastics products IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$37.59M$3.57B$24.27B$8.30B
Dividend Yield8.39%3.46%2.80%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A25.0843.2619.25
Price / Sales0.561.592,346.1094.31
Price / Cash9.9812.2034.6134.64
Price / Book0.427.536.424.46
Net Income$7.71M$102.84M$735.89M$247.07M
7 Day Performance-0.67%0.26%1.04%1.77%
1 Month Performance-1.30%-3.56%49,557.56%-3.31%
1 Year Performance5.78%-8.44%52,588.30%5.26%

Deswell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSWL
Deswell Industries
2.7025 of 5 stars
$2.36
0.0%
N/A+5.3%$37.59M$66.81M0.00990Positive News
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.1082 of 5 stars
$1.06
-2.8%
N/A-74.5%$129.72M$113,190.00-5.8920
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
1.3645 of 5 stars
$1.08
+8.0%
N/A-31.1%$27.92M$18.56M-13.5070Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.03
flat
N/A+295.8%$21.70MN/A0.002
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.21
+4.0%
N/A-70.1%$7.22M$15.58M-1.0573Gap Down
FORD
Forward Industries
0.2143 of 5 stars
$3.58
-0.8%
N/A-35.4%$3.94M$29.66M0.00100
AZEK
AZEK
3.3377 of 5 stars
$41.36
+0.3%
$54.85
+32.6%
-1.3%$5.94B$1.49B41.782,236Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9495 of 5 stars
$6.64
+1.4%
$10.81
+62.7%
-14.4%$2.76B$7.58B-12.7724,600Positive News
SWIM
Latham Group
2.0938 of 5 stars
$6.72
-7.8%
$7.66
+14.0%
+86.2%$778.02M$508.52M74.671,760
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.9738 of 5 stars
$28.76
+1.5%
$32.00
+11.3%
+0.2%$575.89M$416.57M20.54680
ENTG
Entegris
4.3184 of 5 stars
$100.80
+2.5%
$124.88
+23.9%
-33.6%$15.23B$3.24B52.238,200Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:DSWL) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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