Lumentum (LITE) Competitors

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) and Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LITE or UI?

Lumentum received 859 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.69% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 44.12% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumentum	Outperform Votes 904 71.69%	Underperform Votes 357 28.31%
Ubiquiti	Outperform Votes 45 44.12%	Underperform Votes 57 55.88%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LITE or UI?

Ubiquiti has higher revenue and earnings than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, 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
Lumentum	$1.38B	4.86	-$546.50M	-$8.28	-11.77
Ubiquiti	$1.93B	13.04	$349.96M	$6.46	64.38

Is LITE or UI more profitable?

Ubiquiti has a net margin of 19.36% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -40.70%. Ubiquiti's return on equity of 532.06% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumentum	-40.70%	-6.79%	-1.75%
Ubiquiti	19.36%	532.06%	32.04%

Does the media prefer LITE or UI?

In the previous week, Lumentum had 12 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lumentum and 8 mentions for Ubiquiti. Ubiquiti's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Lumentum's score of 0.61 indicating that Ubiquiti is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumentum	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ubiquiti	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate LITE or UI?

Lumentum presently has a consensus target price of $81.92, suggesting a potential downside of 15.93%. Ubiquiti has a consensus target price of $338.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.73%. Given Lumentum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumentum is more favorable than Ubiquiti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumentum	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Ubiquiti	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, LITE or UI?

Lumentum has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LITE or UI?

94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lumentum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ubiquiti beats Lumentum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.