LPTH vs. BKSY, LASR, CAN, VREX, CLFD, SKYT, GILT, CRNT, KE, and LAES
Should you be buying LightPath Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LightPath Technologies include BlackSky Technology (BKSY), nLIGHT (LASR), Canaan (CAN), Varex Imaging (VREX), Clearfield (CLFD), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Kimball Electronics (KE), and SEALSQ (LAES). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
LightPath Technologies vs.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) and LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
LightPath Technologies received 311 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.24% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 54.24% of users gave LightPath Technologies an outperform vote.
BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LightPath Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LightPath Technologies has a net margin of -28.57% compared to BlackSky Technology's net margin of -38.83%. LightPath Technologies' return on equity of -31.13% beat BlackSky Technology's return on equity.
LightPath Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlackSky Technology. LightPath Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackSky Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackSky Technology currently has a consensus target price of $23.20, indicating a potential upside of 39.09%. LightPath Technologies has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 91.26%. Given LightPath Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LightPath Technologies is more favorable than BlackSky Technology.
27.1% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BlackSky Technology had 4 more articles in the media than LightPath Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BlackSky Technology and 12 mentions for LightPath Technologies. BlackSky Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat LightPath Technologies' score of 0.02 indicating that BlackSky Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BlackSky Technology beats LightPath Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LPTH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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