LPTH vs. AIP, AUDC, POET, IPAX, CAN, BKSY, MVIS, TBCH, ICG, and VLN
Should you be buying LightPath Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LightPath Technologies include Arteris (AIP), AudioCodes (AUDC), POET Technologies (POET), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Canaan (CAN), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), MicroVision (MVIS), Turtle Beach (TBCH), Intchains Group (ICG), and Valens Semiconductor (VLN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
LightPath Technologies vs.
Arteris (NASDAQ:AIP) and LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
LightPath Technologies has a net margin of -28.57% compared to Arteris' net margin of -58.27%. LightPath Technologies' return on equity of -31.13% beat Arteris' return on equity.
Arteris has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LightPath Technologies has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.4% of Arteris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 33.7% of Arteris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Arteris presently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 67.21%. LightPath Technologies has a consensus price target of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 121.27%. Given LightPath Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LightPath Technologies is more favorable than Arteris.
LightPath Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arteris. LightPath Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LightPath Technologies received 307 more outperform votes than Arteris when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Arteris an outperform vote while only 54.32% of users gave LightPath Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Arteris and Arteris both had 2 articles in the media. Arteris' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat LightPath Technologies' score of 1.23 indicating that Arteris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
LightPath Technologies beats Arteris on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LPTH) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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