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Light & Wonder (LNW) Competitors

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$86.27 -3.53 (-3.93%)
(As of 04:00 PM ET)

LNW vs. ZS, BIDU, IOT, ZM, PTC, CHKP, PINS, MDB, DOCU, and SNAP

Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), Samsara (IOT), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), PTC (PTC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Pinterest (PINS), MongoDB (MDB), DocuSign (DOCU), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Light & Wonder vs.

Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Light & Wonder has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Light & Wonder$2.90B2.72$163M$3.2227.76
Zscaler$2.30B12.79-$57.71M-$0.25-766.56

Light & Wonder presently has a consensus target price of $107.36, indicating a potential upside of 20.12%. Zscaler has a consensus target price of $224.84, indicating a potential upside of 17.33%. Given Light & Wonder's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Light & Wonder is more favorable than Zscaler.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Zscaler
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Zscaler had 3 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Zscaler and 11 mentions for Light & Wonder. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Zscaler's score of 0.72 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Light & Wonder
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zscaler
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Zscaler received 488 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.64% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 34.38% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Light & WonderOutperform Votes
22
34.38%
Underperform Votes
42
65.63%
ZscalerOutperform Votes
510
60.64%
Underperform Votes
331
39.36%

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 9.30% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -1.58%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 49.91% beat Zscaler's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Light & Wonder9.30% 49.91% 7.27%
Zscaler -1.58%-0.75%-0.20%

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Zscaler on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LNW vs. The Competition

MetricLight & WonderComputer integrated systems design IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.89B$3.97B$8.54B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%2.74%4.06%
P/E Ratio27.7616.8418.8717.51
Price / Sales2.7239.3114.97134.92
Price / Cash15.0822.2833.4537.95
Price / Book10.5219.645.644.94
Net Income$163M$30.17M$266.54M$225.30M
7 Day Performance-4.07%-0.58%-1.19%-1.11%
1 Month Performance-3.69%6.56%3.57%7.29%
1 Year Performance5.15%13.08%14.08%23.06%

Light & Wonder Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNW
Light & Wonder
4.2191 of 5 stars
$86.27
-3.9%
$107.36
+24.5%
+7.1%$7.62B$3.16B26.796,500
ZS
Zscaler
4.294 of 5 stars
$203.96
+2.7%
$224.84
+10.2%
-9.6%$31.30B$2.17B-808.927,348
BIDU
Baidu
4.5889 of 5 stars
$88.86
-2.2%
$113.75
+28.0%
-21.0%$31.16B$134.84B11.1239,800
IOT
Samsara
2.8057 of 5 stars
$46.53
+1.0%
$51.29
+10.2%
+37.7%$25.89B$1.18B-98.042,895Options Volume
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.0956 of 5 stars
$83.84
+0.1%
$85.19
+1.6%
+18.2%$25.70B$4.53B27.937,420Analyst Forecast
PTC
PTC
4.7289 of 5 stars
$201.28
+1.3%
$205.67
+2.2%
+15.1%$24.18B$2.30B63.887,501Analyst Forecast
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.3194 of 5 stars
$190.57
+1.5%
$197.74
+3.8%
+28.6%$20.96B$2.52B25.656,450Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PINS
Pinterest
4.5362 of 5 stars
$30.64
0.0%
$41.46
+35.3%
-17.0%$20.71B$3.06B102.174,014
MDB
MongoDB
4.5737 of 5 stars
$268.05
+0.3%
$365.63
+36.4%
-36.9%$19.80B$1.92B-99.625,037Analyst Forecast
DOCU
DocuSign
4.4688 of 5 stars
$97.27
+3.0%
$92.45
-5.0%
+55.6%$19.65B$2.91B19.886,840Insider Trade
SNAP
Snap
3.3639 of 5 stars
$11.48
+1.5%
$37.10
+223.1%
-34.0%$19.25B$4.61B-19.505,289Positive News

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